Coach Kim Mulkey doesn’t want to say that the LSU women’s basketball team is playing freshman forward ZaKiyah Johnson out of position.

Mulkey thinks saying that would equate to unfairly pigeonholing a player who can do just about anything. Johnson can score, rebound and defend in the post, as she’s shown for the Tigers in each of the first three games.

She can also, according to Mulkey, dribble, pass and shoot like a guard.

“I'm very versatile, I would say,” Johnson said Oct. 23.

If Johnson can score in double figures again Wednesday when the No. 5 Tigers (3-0) host Charlotte (7 p.m., SEC Network+), then the 6-foot forward will begin her collegiate career with four consecutive games of at least 10 points.

Johnson, a former five-star recruit from Kentucky, notched 11 points in th

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