The Buzz: Kim Mulkey, LSU Women’s Basketball Pursuing Star South Carolina Gamecock
Kim Mulkey and the LSU Tigers continue their pursuit of the top talent in the NCAA Transfer Portal with the program looking to fill out the 2025-26 roster in Baton Rouge.
After signing a pair of forwards in Kate Koval and Amiya Joyner this month, focus remains on retooling Mulkey’s crew moving forward.
LSU has lost eight of the 13 members from last year’s roster to either the Transfer Portal or 2025 WNBA Draft.
Now, it’s about filling out the roster with critical pieces to join the returning players in Flau’Jae Johnson, Mikaylah Williams, Jada Richard and Kailyn Gilbert.
LSU will also welcome four true freshmen via the 2025 Signing Class this summer with the program expecting contributions next season.
Now, the rumor mill continues swirling with Mulkey and Co. reported “frontrunners” for one of the top players available: South Carolina guard MiLaysia Fulwiley.
A former five-star, Top-15 prospect in America, she decided to remain close to home after pledging to Dawn Staley and the Gamecocks fresh out of high school.
Fulwiley was the named SEC Tournament MVP as a freshman during the 2023-24 season where she helped propel South Carolina to a 38-0 record and a National Championship last year.
Fast forward to the 2024-25 season and she remained a Gamecock coming off of the bench. She earned the SEC’s Sixth Player of the Year Award.
The 5-foot-10 guard came off the bench in all but three of her 77 games while with Staley’s Gamecocks.
During her time in Columbia, she posted averages of 11.7 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.6 steals across her two seasons with South Carolina.
Now, she’s been linked to the LSU Tigers with the program turning up the heat.
According to the Baton Rouge Advocate: LSU is “the ‘strong frontrunner’ to land the dynamic guard, who’s ‘leaning heavily’ toward committing to coach Kim Mulkey and her staff so she can join an already star-studded backcourt of Flau’jae Johnson and Mikaylah Williams.”
The Advocate’s story detailed an initial report via On3 Sports’ Talia Goodman.
In today’s college landscape, we’ve seen multiple situations play out where recruitment processes can change in the blink of an eye, but as it stands, LSU has ramped up the push across the last few days.
