GAMETHREAD: LSU vs. #6 Mississippi State, 6:30pm, SECN+

Aaron Doster-USA TODAY SportsJanuary has not been kind to Nikki Fargas’ Lady Tigers.

Seven games into conference play, LSU sits in the bottom half of the SEC standings. At 3-4, LSU is struggling to tread water as the haves of the conference begin to pull away from the have-nots.

The Tigers are in for arguably their toughest test of the season, as the undefeated No. 6 Bulldogs of Mississippi State visit the PMAC. Tip off is set for 6:30 and the game can be viewed on SEC Network+.

The Dogs have won 19 of their first 20 games, and have had no issue in dispatching the league’s only other ranked teams with a pair of 15-point wins over Kentucky and South Carolina. For a team that lost all but one…