Early in the game, each team saw one of its players get ejected for extra shoving following a foul call. LSU's Sa'Myah Smith and Oklahoma's Liz Scott left the contest with under five minutes to play in the frame. Both will sit out of their next games. Tigers' head coach Kim Mulkey said it was "shocking" to see Smith involved in an altercation.

The Tigers' opponent is a familiar one to coach Kim Mulkey — just not in the conference it used to take place in. No. 4 LSU tipped-off at 6 p.m. CT against No. 15 Oklahoma at Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Thursday in the first meeting between both programs since the Sooners joined the SEC conference from the Big 12 in the offseason.

LSU women's basketball and Oklahoma quickly came to a shoving match in their top-15 matchup inside Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Thursday night. With 4:10 remaining in the opening quarter, LSU junior forward Sa'Myah Smith and Oklahoma's Beatrice Culliton got tangled up under the basket battling for a rebound.

Two players were ejected from Thursday’s LSU-Oklahoma women’s basketball game after getting into a scuffle during the first quarter. The Oklahoma Sooners were leading the LSU Tigers 12-11 late in the first quarter,