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Kim Mulkey's Clipboard Crash Out Highlights Feisty LSU vs Oklahoma Game

LSU Tigers coach Kim Mulkey's passion reached a hilarious boiling point during her team's January 30 win.
Grant Young|
Jan 24, 2025; Columbia, South Carolina, USA; LSU Lady Tigers head coach Kim Mulkey reacts to a play against the South Carolina Gamecocks in the second half at Colonial Life Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Blake-Imagn Images
Jan 24, 2025; Columbia, South Carolina, USA; LSU Lady Tigers head coach Kim Mulkey reacts to a play against the South Carolina Gamecocks in the second half at Colonial Life Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Blake-Imagn Images | Jeff Blake-Imagn Images

The LSU Tigers women's basketball team improved to 22-1 in the 2024-25 NCAA season on Thursday, as they defeated the Oklahoma Sooners at home by a score of 107-100.

It's extremely rare that a combined 207 points are scored in a college basketball game, especially one that doesn't go to overtime. It's also rare that this offensive display from both teams wasn't even close to the story of the game.

That's because the story of the game was feistiness on both sides, much of which came from Tigers head coach Kim Mulkey.

At one point in the third quarter, an infuriated Mulkey slapped the clipboard out of assistant coach (and WNBA legend) Seimone Augustus' hands while in the process of yelling at associate head coach Bob Starkey.

Augustus' stunned reaction of holding her hands in place after Mulkey whacked the clipboard out of them is hilarious, and has since gone viral on social media.

And that wasn't the only passion that was displayed during the game. Back in the first quarter, Oklahoma forward Liz Scott and LSU forward Sa'Myah Smith were both ejected from the contest after Smith and Oklahoma center Beatrice Culliton were jostling for position in the paint when a foul was called. This caused Smith to shove Culliton to the ground. Then Liz Scott came up and shoved Smith.

Per the SEC's rules, both players will be suspended for their next game.

Mulkey had another noteworthy moment, as she was issued a technical foul for crashing out on the referees after Flau'jae Johnson got called for a foul in the fourth quarter.

Even if the game wasn't such an offensive showcase from both teams, the fans in attendance surely got their money's worth.

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Grant Young
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Grant Young covers Women’s Basketball, the New York Yankees, and the New York Mets for Sports Illustrated’s ‘On SI’ sites. He holds an MFA degree in creative writing from the University of San Francisco (USF), where he also graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and played on USF’s Division I baseball team for five years. However, he now prefers Angel Reese to Angels in the Outfield.

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