In Reply to: LSU women's basketball vs. UCLA: Preview and prediction posted by mh on March 30, 2025 at 09:07:54
Morrow, 6-1
Williams, 6-0
Johnson, 5-10
Day-Wilson, 5-6
Smith, 6-2
Gilbert, 5-8
Wolfenbarger, 6-5
Sheppard, 5-10
Smith is their nominal starting "Center". Wolfenbarger only averages 13 minutes per game and doesn't seem to be a huge scoring or rebounding threat. Morrow is a beast on the boards but even if she boxes out Betts, Lauren can easily grab the ball before it's within Morrow's reach.
Here is UCLA's top 8 minutes players and their heights.
Betts, 6-7
Rice, 5-11
Jaquez, 5-11
Jones, 5-4
Dugalic, 6-4
Aarnisalo, 5-10
Gardiner, 6-3
Barker, 6-4
The Tigers don't seem to provide many matchup problems for the Bruins in terms of size. Even 5-4 Jones should be able to cover 5-6 Day-Wilson or 5-8 Gilbert without too much difficulty.
Unless LSU is lighting quick, their lack of height could be a big problem for them on both ends of the court.