The crowds of fans waiting for autographs and selfies after Louisiana State women’s basketball games have gotten so large that the team has been traveling with a police officer.
On a squad full of personalities, the main attraction is Angel Reese, who is known around Baton Rouge as the Bayou Barbie. A 6-foot-3 forward from Baltimore, she is writing her name in L.S.U.’s record books and is among the leading candidates for national player of the year.
In the team’s regular-season finale, the largest home crowd of them all, 15,271 fans — a record for either men’s or women’s basketball at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center — saw Reese notch her 27th double-double of the season.