BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — MiLaysia Fulwiley detailed her decision to transfer from South Carolina to LSU on Wednesday, when the SEC held its annual basketball media days.

Fulwiley — a junior guard from Columbia, South Carolina — said she did not want to leave the SEC when she decided in April to enter the transfer portal and sign with the Tigers — one of her hometown program’s chief rivals. She still wanted to compete for a national championship, she said, and play for a “great coach.”

“So I think I kind of just thought about those type of things,” Fulwiley said, “and that's when I went in the direction of LSU, and I was like, ‘Yeah, it's a great fit for me.' I had to make sure the style of play was for me.”

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