Alexis Morris reveals when she knew LSU would win national championship

The LSU Tigers won their first women’s basketball national championship in program history, beating Iowa. In that game, three players for LSU had more than 20 points, including star Alexis Morris.

After the win, Morris explained when she got hot shooting, she knew that LSU was in good shape.

“I’ll be honest, when my mid-ranges start falling, I was like oh, yeah.” Alexis Morris said. “It’s nothing against my teammates, but I said, this is my time. I’m not going to let it slip out of my hands. We’re too close. I just smelled, I just tasted it at the time.”

Morris had 21 points and nine assists to go with two rebounds in the national championship game. For the seasons, she averaged 15.4 points and 4.1 assists per game.

“Even when we were down by seven, I was like it’s not happening. That’s not me being cocky at all. That’s just me being — just knowing the moment, getting a feel for the game, and just being their senior leader and not letting my teammates down, Coach [Kim] Mulkey down. LSU, the fans who drove hours, flew out here, I was so determined not to let nobody down tonight.”

Unfortunately, Alexis Morris and LSU’s win was overshadowed by the reaction to Angel Reese’s celebration. Reese appeared to taunt Iowa star Caitlin Clark and it became a hot topic of debate, in many cases it made people forget about the phenomenal game and season LSU played.

Alexis Morris on her thoughts during Iowa’s run

Iowa never rolled over and in the second half of the game, the Hawkeyes made a push and at one point seemed to give LSU a scare. However, LSU pushed back and didn’t let Iowa come back.

After the game, Alexis Morris explained her thought process during that run.

“No threes. The only thing I kept telling my teammates, whatever we do, we’ll take twos over threes. Iowa is a great team. We knew they were going to make runs. Coach Starkey had been telling us in the huddle they’re going to make runs and we have to stay composed. As a leader on the team, I have to keep everybody calm in those moments. It’s very important not to panic,” Morris said.

“When I do score in those moments, it just settles my team down. It keeps everybody cool-headed and level-headed in those moments.”