Aneesah Morrow

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Aneesah Morrow
Aneesah Morrow 2025.jpg
Morrow with LSU in 2025
No. 24–LSU Tigers
Position Forward
League Southeastern Conference
Personal information
Born (2003-02-02) February 2, 2003 (age 22)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
High school Simeon Career Academy
(Chicago, Illinois)
College DePaul (2021–2023)
LSU (2023–present)
Career highlights and awards

Aneesah Morrow (born February 2, 2003) is an American college basketball player for the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). She began her collegiate career at DePaul and was named the WBCA and USBWA National Freshman of the Year in 2022.

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High school career

Morrow attended Simeon Career Academy in Chicago, where she helped lead the Wolverines to their first city championship her freshman year. During her junior year, she averaged 23 points, 12.1 rebounds and 3.6 assists, and led them to a 35–2 record and the girls basketball program's first state championship in 2020. [1] In her senior year she averaged 28.4 points, 14.3 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 2.9 steals and 2.3 blocks per game. [2] Following the season she was named an All-State first team selection by the Associated Press, Champaign News-Gazette and the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA). [3] [4]

College career

DePaul

Freshman season

Morrow began her collegiate career during the 2021–22 season. In her first career game on November 9, she recorded 31 points and nine rebounds against Texas Southern. She was subsequently named Big East Freshman of the Week. [5] In the week of December 12 she earned her first United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) National Freshman of the Week honor following an 18-point, 17-rebound game in DePaul's 94–85 upset against then-No. 14 Kentucky. On January 30, she scored 22 points and recorded a Big East single-game record 27 rebounds, surpassing the previous record of 26 set by Peggy Walsh in 1986. [6] [7] In the regular-season finale on February 27 at Creighton, she scored a career-high 41 points and added 18 rebounds. The 41 points was a Big East rookie record, and one point shy of the program's all time single-game scoring record set by Beth Hasenmiller in 1991. [8] She subsequently earned her record thirteenth Big East Freshman of the Week, and fifth National Freshman of Week honor, surpassing the previous record of four set by Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers. [9]

She averaged a double-double with 21.9 points and 13.8 rebounds a game, and led the nation in total rebounds (457), rebounds per game (13.8) and offensive rebounds per game (5.8) and ranked second in the nation in double-doubles (27). [10] She also had a streak of 23 consecutive double-doubles, which ended during the quarterfinals of the 2022 Big East tournament in a 85–105 loss to Marquette. She became the fifth player in NCAA women's basketball history to record more than 20 consecutive double-doubles in a season. [11] Following an outstanding season, she was named a unanimous selection to the All-Big East first team, and All-Freshman team, and was named Big East Freshman of the Year. [12] She was also named USBWA National Freshman of the Year, and WBCA Freshman of the Year. [13] [14] [15] She was named a second-team All-American by Sports Illustrated, The Athletic, the Associated Press, and USBWA. She became the first All-American in program history. [16]

Sophomore season

During the 2022–23 season, in her sophomore year, she was one of the top forwards in women's basketball, and averaged a double-double with 25.7 points and 12.2 rebounds per game. She ranked fourth in the nation in points and sixth in the nation in rebounding. She also ranked third in the nation with 25 double-doubles in 33 games. [17] With 848 points this season, Morrow set the program's single season scoring record, surpassing the previous record of 804 points set by Diana Vines' in the 1988–89 season. Following an outstanding season she was named a finalist for the Katrina McClain Award and named a third-team All-American by the Associated Press and USBWA. [18] [19]

LSU

Junior season

Morrow with LSU in 2024 Aneesah Morrow.jpg
Morrow with LSU in 2024

On May 5, 2023, Morrow announced she was transferring to LSU. [20] [21] On November 7, 2023, Morrow started in the first game of the season, recording six points and four rebounds, as the preseason No. 1 Tigers were upset 78–92 by No. 20 Colorado. [22] She moved to the bench for the next three games, but returned to the starting lineup in a game at Southeastern Louisiana in Angel Reese's absence. [23] Morrow had a memorable performance at the 2023 Cayman Islands Classic, where LSU was still missing Reese, and in the early moments of the first game, another starting forward, Sa'Myah Smith, was lost to injury. In the first game, Morrow recorded 28 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 steals in a 99-65 win against Niagara. In the second game, Morrow led the Tigers with 37 points and 16 rebounds in a close 76–73 win over Virginia. Following these performances, Morrow was named AP and ESPN's Player of the Week, as well as the SEC Player of the Week and was included in the USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week team. [24] LSU finished second in the SEC regular season with a 13–3 record and advanced to the finals of the 2024 SEC women's basketball tournament, where Morrow was the top scorer of the team with 19 points in a 72–79 loss to South Carolina. [25] With a 28–5 record, LSU earned the third seed in what was Morrow's first NCAA Tournament. In her debut, Morrow led the team as the top scorer with 15 points in their 70–60 first-round win against Rice. [26] LSU advanced to the Elite Eight, where they lost 87–94 to Iowa. [27] Following the season, Morrow was named to First-team All-SEC, an Honorable Mention All-American by AP, USBWA, and WBCA, as well as a finalist for the Cheryl Miller Award. [28]

Senior season

On November 12, 2024, against Charleston Southern, Morrow recorded 21 points and 20 rebounds for her fourth career 20/20 game, and first with LSU. [29] On January 9, 2025, against No. 16 Tennessee, she recorded 23 points and 21 rebounds, and surpassed 2,500 career points. This marked her 90th career double-double, tied for the third-most in NCAA Division I history. [30] On January 13, against Vanderbilt, she recorded 23 points and 15 rebounds, and surpassed 1,500 career rebounds. She became the eighth player in NCAA history to have 2,500 career points and 1,500 career rebounds. [31] She was subsequently named the SEC Player of the Week. [32]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage
 FT%  Free throw percentage RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game BPG  Blocks per game
 TO  Turnovers per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high * Led Division I

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2021–22 DePaul 333330.451.923.370.5*13.81.32.71.82.321.9
2022–23 DePaul 333335.142.525.464.612.22.02.61.32.925.7
2023–24 LSU 373432.746.421.780.110.01.72.51.11.916.4
Career10310032.746.424.371.111.91.72.61.42.321.1
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference. [33]

Personal life

Morrow's father, Edward, played linebacker at Nebraska, while her mother, Nafeesah, was an all-conference forward for Nebraska. [2] [34]

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