MiLaysia Fulwiley missed her first free throw. Then she focused and made her second, and when she did, the LSU women’s basketball star breathed a sigh of relief.

Ordinarily, a free throw like that one wouldn’t elicit such a reaction. Not on the inconsequential trip that Fulwiley took to the stripe in the last minute of a 30-point win on Monday. But the Tigers needed at least one freebie from her, or else they might have finished their win over Tulane with only 99 points, thus snapping their string of consecutive 100-point outings.

The number of points LSU scored that night (101) was its season low. But it was still the fifth time in which the new-look Tigers broke the 100-point barrier this season.

“I don't care who you play,” coach Kim Mulkey said. “That's a lot of scoring.”

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