The first time coach Kim Mulkey’s fifth LSU women’s basketball team took the floor, it defeated Division II Mississippi College by more than 100 points.

It was just an exhibition. The real games don’t start until Tuesday.

But the tune-up still offered a chance to see how eight newcomers can help returning stars Flau’jae Johnson and Mikaylah Williams lead LSU back to the Final Four. Two transfers started while a third came off the bench. A freshman led the Tigers in scoring. And a returning sophomore guard took the reins at point guard to start the game.

Mulkey likes to involve every scholarship player in nonconference play, then whittle her rotation down to a core of eight or nine once LSU begins facing SEC opponents in January. Who will be a part of that group? Let’s project th

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