BATON ROUGE – After a dominating win over No. 24 Middle Tennessee, the seventh-ranked LSU women's basketball team returns to action when they take on Houston and Nicholls State this weekend in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The Lady Tigers face Houston at noon CST Saturday and then Nicholls State at 7:30 p.m. CST Sunday.

ATLANTA -- LSU senior guard Allison Hightower has been named to the preliminary watch list for the Naismith Trophy, presented to women's college basketball's National Player of the Year, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced on Thursday.

BATON ROUGE -- Sophomore forward Taylor Turnbow delivered a game-high 17 points and 12 rebounds, and the seventh-ranked LSU Lady Tigers held high-scoring and 24th-ranked Middle Tennessee to its lowest point total this decade in a 61-40 win over the Blue Raiders on Wednesday night at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

BATON ROUGE -- One of the premier non-conference games of the college basketball season takes centerstage on Wednesday as the No. 7 LSU Lady Tigers (1-0) play host to No. 24 Middle Tennessee (1-0) at 7 p.m. CST in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

BATON ROUGE -- LSU senior guard Allison Hightower picked up another preseason accolade as she has been named to the 2009-10 ESPN.com Preseason All-America Second Team, which was released by the website this week.