LSU junior guard Last-Tear Poa has movement in her extremities and returned a clean CT scan after suffering what appeared to be frightening injuries to her head and neck area during her team's 75-67 win over Ole Miss in the SEC women's basketball tournament semifinals on Saturday.
Lady Tigers coach Kim Mulkey revealed the news to Reporters postgame.
for every Corey Diaz Subordinate The Daily AdvertiserBoa was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina, where the tournament is being held, for further evaluation.
The injuries occurred after Poa attempted to charge Ole Miss' Madison Scott with just under six minutes left in the fourth quarter. Pua hit her head and neck on the court under the basket when she fell.
I stayed down At first before she tried to get off the field, Pua relaxed on the field while officials attended to her. Medical staff placed Boa's neck in a brace before he was stretched off the field.
Boa, a junior from Melbourne, Australia, entered the Ole Miss game averaging 5.0 points on 43.3 percent shooting, 3.1 assists and 1.2 steals in 20.7 minutes per game. She has played in 31 games (nine starts) for the No. 8 LSU Lady Tigers this season.
The injury clearly had a profound impact on her teammates and coaches, who still had to spend nearly six minutes of game time to wrap up the win.
LSU star Angel Reese was one of them.
The players and coaches also prayed on the field after the incident:
LSU ultimately held on for the eight-point win and will now face undefeated South Carolina State in the SEC Championship game on Sunday.
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