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RandySF

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Sun Jan 5, 2025, 02:59 PM Jan 5

2025 WNBA Draft watch: Aneesah Morrow is among the hardest-working forwards in the country

The LSU Tigers (16-0; 1-0 SEC) have certainly had their fair share of the spotlight in recent years. The 2023 NCAA champion Tigers are enjoying their most successful stretch since the early 2000s, when they reached the Final Four in five consecutive seasons; LSU is currently ranked No. 6 in the country by the Associated Press and is once again regarded as one of the top teams in the highly-competitive SEC entering the new year.

It’s no coincidence that LSU’s rise has been on the backs of players who happen to be household names. Like Seimone Augustus and Sylvia Fowles before them, Angel Reese (now in the WNBA) and Flau’jae Johnson are two of the most instantly recognizable players in the country, and while their social media presence is undeniably massive, it’s their production on the court that has led LSU back to prominence.

Add Aneesah Morrow to that list. The former DePaul Blue Demon transferred to LSU prior to her junior season to compete for a national championship, and her individual strengths as a player—namely, a relentless work ethic and undeniable physicality in the paint and on the boards—has further elevated how Kim Mulkey’s Tigers want to play: quickly and aggressively.

Now a senior, there are few areas of the game Morrow doesn’t impact. She’s rarely the biggest player on the court, but she almost never gets outworked, and it shows up in the stat sheet: Morrow has been described as a “double-double machine,” and recently moved into a tie for fourth place in NCAA history with 88 of them. Such numbers have understandably put her in WNBA Draft conversation, so let’s take a deeper look at Morrow’s credentials as a future pro.



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