Angel Reese has confirmed reaching a mutual agreement to sign a $208 million deal.
LSU women’s basketball star Angel Reese is absent from the team’s Thanksgiving weekend event in the Cayman Islands. Reese, who has been out since November 14, will miss her third consecutive game when the No. 7 Tigers (5–1) face Niagara (2–2) on Friday. Coach Kim Mulkey and Reese have not provided a reason for her absence.
Amid speculation, Reese posted a cryptic TikTok video on Thursday, where she walked in a pink robe with a voiceover from Colorado football coach Deion Sanders, saying, “Look at me. What about me would make you think I care about your opinion of me? Your opinion of me is not the opinion I have of myself. You ain’t make me, so you can’t break me.”
Reese was named the Final Four’s Most Outstanding Player in the spring when LSU won the national title over Iowa. This season, in four games, Reese is averaging 17.0 points and 10.3 rebounds while shooting 46.9% from the floor.
‘Crazy and amazing’: The story of Angel Reese and her impact on LSU.
Angel Reese walked down the purple carpet alongside her family and Shaquille O’Neal for Senior Day on Sunday. The group then met Kim Mulkey at center court where they posed for a picture.
The Pete Maravich Assembly Center crowd was in an uproar shortly after, chanting “One more year,” hoping for Reese to stay in an LSU uniform for another season.
From her “Bayou Barbie” nickname, to the crown placed on her head after she’s announced in the starting lineup at home games, she’s captured the attention of LSU fans. Senior Day was a representation of that.
“It’s been a long four years. It’s been crazy,” Reese said. “Being able to extend my career and have a great time here, it’s been crazy and amazing.”
Reese arrived at LSU from the University of Maryland for the start of the 2022-23 season. In her two seasons at Maryland, she averaged 13.9 points per game and 8.3 rebounds per game. She led the Terrapins to a Sweet 16 in her second season, at the end of which she was named an All-American and all-conference player.