| After the three letters "L-S-U" the next three letters perhaps most often associated with the school, at least from a sports perspective, are "DBU." As in, "Defensive Back University." Despite some recent leaky defensive secondaries, LSU has well-earned its reputation thorugh the years for turning out defensive backs. Wednesday night, however, at the Texas Rangers' Globe Life field in Arlington, the Tigers played the actual DBU: Dallas Baptist. The first-ever baseball meeting between the two programs went the Tigers' way, as they pitched and hit enough for a 7-3 victory, their first of four games this week in the DFW area. LSU (8-1) plays Kansas State in nearby Frisco, Texas, at 2 p.m. Thursday. The game will be shown only on a pay-per-view streaming basis. With baseball season in full swing, spring football draws nearer. LSU coach Brian Kelly sat down with our Wilson Alexander for a one-on-one interview and had good news about the spring availability of linebackers Harold Perkins and Whit Weeks. Kelly also had some interesting comments about the trend away from traditional spring football games across the country, and what that might mean at LSU. Lots of road games for LSU's top teams right now, including the No. 7 women's basketball team playing Thursday night at No. 20 Alabama (8 p.m., SEC Network). Reed Darcey tells us about LSU senior forward Aneesah Morrow as she approaches a major career milestone with the regular season winding down: ------------------------------ LSU's Aneesah Morrow close to reaching historic milestone as regular season winds down Kim Mulkey is running out of words to describe Aneesah Morrow and her accomplished career, which is close to winding down now that only two games separate the LSU women’s basketball team from its first postseason action. At the end of her weekly radio show on Tuesday, Mulkey took a moment to discuss the Tigers’ four seniors and the ways they’ve contributed to her program. But she breezed right by Morrow, the star forward who transferred from DePaul to LSU in 2023 and cemented her status as one of the nation’s best players. “Do I have to say any more about her that hasn’t been said?” Mulkey asked. Morrow’s next double-double will be the 100th of her career. Only one woman has ever posted that many in NCAA Division I history: Oklahoma’s Courtney Paris. Morrow could become the second as soon as Thursday, when the No. 7 Tigers face No. 20 Alabama on the road at 8 p.m. on the SEC Network. For Morrow, that feat will be simply the latest in a season — and a career — full of them. The LSU star stands only 6-foot-1, yet she’s on pace to finish her career ranked third on the NCAA’s all-time rebounding leaderboard. Morrow began her senior season already on that track, but then she started grabbing 14.3 boards per game, the best average of her career and the highest in the country this year. Morrow has also pulled down more rebounds in her career than any other active Division I player. As of Thursday, she has 1,628 boards to her name, over 250 more than the active player with the second-most career rebounds, Illinois fifth-year senior Kendall Bostic. Think that’s impressive? Also consider the fact that Bostic has actually appeared in 12 more games than Morrow, who’s grabbed at least 10 boards in 101 of the 131 contests she’s played in her career. Bostic has 75 double-digit rebounding games, also the second-most among active Division I players. What’s more striking is that Morrow has grabbed at least 15 rebounds in 46 career games — twice as many as any other active Division I player, according to Stathead. And she’s also on track to become the first qualified woman since 1995 to finish a Division I career with a scoring average of at least 20 points, a rebounding average of at least 12 boards and a field-goal percentage of at least 45%. “When you're undersized,” Mulkey said. “I would think you have to understand the game. You have to have a tremendous IQ to understand, ‘How am I gonna guard somebody bigger than me. How am I gonna outrebound them?’ Losing Angel Reese could’ve hurt LSU’s chances of rebounding at one of the top rates in the country. But in large part because they still have Morrow, the Tigers are — just like they were last season — leading the Southeastern Conference in both total rebounds (43.6) and offensive rebounds (17.9) per game since league play began. Last year, Morrow grabbed 23% of the boards LSU grabbed against SEC opponents. This season, her share is up to 30%, and she needs to pull down only 13 more rebounds to equal the number she snared across the 19 league games that the Tigers played a year ago. The road matchup with the Crimson Tide will be Morrow’s 14th SEC game of the season. And it’ll give the star senior another chance to make more history before her eligibility runs out at the end of the year. “She never gets tired,” Mulkey said. “That kid is tough as nails.” ------------------------------ The LSU softball team is also on the road for the first time this season, putting its 14-0 record on the line in the Judi Garman Classic in Fullerton, California. The No. 5 Tigers start play there with a doozy, taking on No. 4 UCLA at 2 p.m. CST. Finally, it has become one of the staples of LSU's gymnastics sesaon: Kailin Chio winning the SEC Freshman of the Week Award. Chio claimed her fourth straight SEC FOTW honor on the heels of her fourth straight all-around title this past Friday at Kentucky. Chio and the No. 2 Tigers are back in action at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the Podium Challenge at the Raising Cane's River Center against George Washington. Thanks for reading and subscribing, everyone. We'll see you again real soon. Scott Rabalais | 