We need to have a conversation about Aneesah Morrow.
Admittedly, we’ve kept tabs on LSU throughout the season. The team is undefeated, and they’ve got plenty of ballers on the squad that bear watching, including Aneesah Morrow. But something about Morrow is different this year. She’s on a blistering double-double streak, and none of it makes sense.
Through 18 games, Morrow has 16 double-doubles— yes, SIXTEEN—the most in Division I women’s basketball. She has TWO 20-point, 20-rebounds this season and is the only player to do so. Her efforts on the court also have her up to 90 career double-doubles, tied for the third-most in DI history. Did I mention she’s only 6-foot-1, leading the country in rebounds? SHE AVERAGES *checks notes* OVER 14 REBOUNDS A GAME. Say what now, Aneesah Morrow?! This is sorcery.
Okay, it’s not sorcery, per se. It’s wizardry. Magic. SOMETHING. It defies logic. And, truthfully, you can’t do this kind of stuff on a court without an unrelenting motor.
Head coach Kim Mulkey tried to warn everyone about Morrow back in November. “She’s constantly working. No one outworks her,” Mulkey said then. “No one outworks her in practice. No one outworks her in a game…Everything she gets, she deserves.”
Kim Mulkey says that Aneesah Morrow “gets everything she deserves.”
“Her motor. Her energy. You want to be people who have her kind of energy.”#LSU pic.twitter.com/R9riRQvqhy
— Cory Diaz (@ByCoryDiaz) November 21, 2024
If you hadn’t paid attention to Aneesah Morrow before, now would be the time to lean all the way and grab your popcorn. Her season is a movie.
