Will No. 5 LSU score over 100 points for a record-extending eighth-straight game?

Seven games. Seven times scoring 100 points.

Can No. 5 LSU make it eight and eight on Saturday when they meet Washington State in the Reef Division Championship of the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN+)?

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The Cougars, like all of the Tigers’ prior opponents, are not particularly imposing. Among the array of overmatched mid-majors that LSU has played, none currently has a winning record. Washington State enters the matchup fresh off their lone win of the season.

And yet, scoring at least 100 points in an NCAA-record seven-straight games is still real achievement. While a reflection of LSU’s overwhelming talent advantage, the consistency with which they have poured in the points is indicative of a team that is locked in, not allowing their competitiveness to wane against opponents that do not demand a full 40-minute effort. No team can simply stumble into scoring an average of 112 points per game with an average margin of victory of more than 57 points per game, two Tiger marks that lead the nation.

Even adjusted for their Charmin-soft schedule, LSU still owns the nation’s best offense, per Basketball Reference’s offensive simple rating system calculation. In fact, their rating of 42.37 outpaces second-place Texas by almost 12 points. Based on Basketball Reference’s adjusted offensive rating, which estimates points scored per 100 possessions, the Tigers’ offense is second best in the nation, rated at 129.66 behind UCLA’s 132.13.

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The dynamic backcourt duo of senior Flau’Jae Johnson and junior MiLaysia Fulwiley drives LSU’s offensive dominance. After Flau’Jae, LSU’s leading scorer at 17.1 points per game, gets things started, torturing opponents with her three-level scoring star power, MiLaysia then comes in to exacerbate opponents’ problems, turning defense into offense as she averages 4.5 steals and 16.7 points per game. Johnson, who has been particularly electric from behind the arc, going 14-for-25 from 3…

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