BATON ROUGE, La. (BNN)-- No. 13 LSU (20-4, 7-3 SEC) will host Alabama (19-6, 6-4 SEC) in its Play4Kay game on Sunday at 3 p.m. CT on ESPN2.

The yearly Play4Kay video game in assistance of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund intends to raise awareness for cancer affecting females. Every year Coach Bob Starkey and his better half Sherie, who battled a winning battle with breast cancer, pledge one dollar for every trainee in presence at the game.

The game will air on ESPN2 with Courtney Lyle and Carolyn Peck, calling their 2nd straight LSU game. Patrick Wright and Shaeeta Williams will call the action on the LSU Sports Radio Network, 107.3 FM in Baton Rouge. Following its video game on Sunday, LSU will be off Thursday before heading to College Station to face Texas A&M next Monday.

Sears, Wrightsell Jr. lead No. 16 Alabama past LSU, 109-92

" When we're all in a right ready position and I look on the floor and all 5 of them have their knees bent and all 5 of them are guarding the basketball, you understand you're getting through and you know you're going to win some basketball video games," coach Kim Mulkey stated about her group's defense.

This will be the second time the Tigers and the Crimson Tide meet on the flooring this season. LSU beat Alabama by 20 on Jan. 18 in Tuscaloosa, 78-58. LSU went into the half down by one however dominated the 3rd quarter with a 16-point margin and the Tigers restricted the Tide to just four made basket in the second half.

LSU has actually had back-to-back effective performances. Last Sunday, the Tigers beat Florida, 106-66, and after that on Thursday removed Vanderbilt in Nashville, 85-62. LSU had at least 5 players score in double figures in both video games and used excellent defense to fuel its high-powered offense. LSU ratings 90.2 points per game, the second most in the country.

" We're improving, and we are playing much better basketball today than we have really probably all year," coach Mulkey stated. "It begins on the defensive end of the flooring. We are starting to help each other more. We are moving our feet more. I'm utilizing our bench more. We can score the ball at all positions, but we have to get better defensively, and we have."

Aneesah Morrow is closing in on a profession milestone, getting in Sunday's video game with 1,994 points in her college profession. Angel Reese, who is likewise nearing 2,000 with 1,930 profession points, leads LSU with 19.1 points and 12.3 rebound per video game and has 14 double-doubles this year.

Flau'Jae Johnson was a key player in the very first match in Tuscaloosa. Guarding Aaliyah Nye who had a productive first half, Johnson locked her down and held her to absolutely no second half points as a protective trigger that spread throughout the group. With its high-powered offense, LSU's defense has been its primary goal for enhancement as the routine season starts to unwind. LSU held Florida and Vanderbilt to a combined 33% shooting over its previous two games as the Tigers seek to end up strong down the stretch.

" It's each perimeter player improving and comprehending principals, understanding assistance the teammate, understanding when to change and it just spent some time for us to arrive," coach Mulkey said.

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Alabama will pertain to the PMAC having won its previous 4 games, consisting of a 72-56 success over Tennessee. Nye led the team with 23 points and Alabama restricted Tennessee to shoot 35.3% from the field. The game was largely even in three of the quarters, but Alabama's 28-14 3rd quarter pushed the Tide to victory.

The Tide average just over 7 made threes per game, the 3rd most in the SEC. Sarah Ashlee Barker, who scored simply nine points in the win over Tennessee, leads Alabama with 16.9 points per game this season.

( Press release offered by LSU Athletics).

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