LSU will be without one of its key stars through the SEC Tournament, as coach Kim Mulkey is opting to let guard Flau’jae Johnson (shin inflammation) rest to get right for the NCAA Tournament. Mulkey revealed the news on the LSU pregame radio show,

Johnson is battling shin inflammation, coach Kim Mulkey said on Sunday. LSU wants the pain from that injury to subside by the time the NCAA Tournament tips off, so it's shutting her down until the games become do-or-die. That decision will give her three weeks to rest.

LSU head coach Kim Mulkey is an outfit connoisseur, and that hasn't changed this season. If it's something unique, brightly colored or with a distinctive pattern, Kim Mulkey will wear it. She opened LSU's season in November with a sequined butterfly sweater and even wore an exotic pink tiger sweater in December.

Kim Mulkey and the LSU Tigers fell to Ole Miss on the final day of the women's college basketball regular season as Rebels coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin offered praise

LSU Tigers coach Kim Mulkey didn't mince words when speaking about her choice to sit Flau'jae Johnson during the SEC Tournament.

The LSU women's basketball team ruled Flau'jae Johnson out of its regular-season finale, and now it's shutting her down through the end of the Southeastern Conference Tournament. Coach Kim Mulkey told the team's radio broadcast Sunday that Johnson has been battling shin inflammation since at least before the Tigers lost to Texas on Feb.