LSU women's basketball drops its first game of the season in heartbreaking fashion to Kentucky in its SEC opener Thursday night.

The No. 4 LSU Gymnastics team (3-1-1) put up a school record performance in their 2026 home opener, taking down the Kentucky Wildcats (0-5) by a final score of 198.050-195.725 on Friday night inside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

LSU women's basketball dropped its SEC opener to Kentucky at home. LSU coach Kim Mulkey explained why after the game Thursday.

LSU basketball collapsed down the stretch, dropping a thriller at the buzzer to Kentucky. Here's how it happened.

What a way to bounce back

The Tigers look to bounce back from their first loss to Georgia as they host Kentucky in an SEC meet at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

Malachi Moreno won it at the buzzer, sinking a game-winning shot as time expired to help Kentucky overcome another sluggish first half. Kentucky beats LSU 75-74. The Wildcats improved to 11-6 overall and 2-2 in Southeastern Conference play with the victory.

BATON ROUGE – Kentucky’s Malachi Moreno hit a 17-foot shot at the buzzer to give Kentucky a 75-74 victory over LSU Wednesday night at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The basket by the Wildcats wiped out one of LSU best efforts in SEC play in the ...

Some losses stick with you. For the current generation of Kentucky fans, that’s the 2015 loss to Wisconsin. For anyone old enough to remember, it’s also the 1992 loss to Duke. Malachi Moreno‘s buzzer-beater two weeks ago at LSU was so similar to Christian Laettner’s in the 1992 Elite Eight that one Kentucky fan gave up his 34-year grudge vs.