The first month of the season is almost over, and the LSU women’s basketball team is still waiting for its first real challenge of the year.

None of the first eight mid-major teams on its schedule provided it. Not Tulane. Not Georgia Southern. And definitely not Washington State – the 1-7 team from the zombie Pac-12 that flew down to the U.S. Virgin Islands and picked up its first win of the season on Friday when it beat Miami-Ohio 71-67.

Their prize for that victory? The right to get blown out by the No. 5 Tigers (8-0), who cruised to an 112-35 win on Saturday to take the Reef Division of the Paradise Jam tournament and close the first chapter of their fifth season under coach Kim Mulkey .

Next up for LSU is the marquee matchup of its nonconference slate: an ACC/SEC challenge roa

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