against LSU this coming Wednesday. Here's why I feel we could pull off a win. When we played Tulane, Sharde Collins was coming off an injury where she hasn't been able to practice and certainly couldn't have been in top basketball condition.

Our new players are just becoming acclimated to the speed of D1 basketball and playing on the road. I have seen a lot of talent in the couple of practices I've attended, and we have the inside depth and skill to play with a lot of good teams this year. Our perimeter play will improve as the year goes on.

Alexius can flat shoot the ball when she gets going, and others like Sharde, Autumn Williams, and some of the new players, have the talent to put the ball in the basket and play defense. This will be a good team by conference time. Our record might not be very good at that time because of the unbelievably tough non conference schedule, but we'll be battle tested and ready to go.