Flau’jae Johnson uncertainly the future after losing LSU

Spokane, Wash. – after Tigers“The season ended with a loss of 72-65 on Ucla bruins In the Sunday Regional Final, Junior Guard Embarrassed Johnson She had no update whether she could be done early.

“I don’t know,” Johnson said in a gloomy dressing room.

Because Johnson reaches 22 years in November, he is eligible to enter this year’s WNBA proposal, although she did not finish the full four college season. In addition to WNBA, He is also unbeatable in Johnson’s professional future.

Unbeatable signed Johnson as well as Uconn Paige Bueckers – Who announced their intention to enter the WNBA-to zero agreement that includes capital into the league and has prepared to join as soon as their university career is completed.

When asked what he would consider in his decision, Johnson said, “Everything.”

“I have to talk to coach (kim) mulkey, talk to my family. I don’t know.”

Johnson scored 24 of his 28 points on Sunday at the last 16:13 game after Bruins took the biggest lead, 14 points. LSU reduced the deficit to three with 3:24 remaining to 8-0 running for six consecutive points from Johnson, but UCLA responded 6-0 running and the tigers never got the game back to a single-year margin.

Postgame, Johnson blamed for her slow start.

“I mean I left it all on the pitch, but it was too late and it just doesn’t matter,” Johnson said. “He should do it before. He should be better. I feel it is all on me. I can take it because I know I went to a different level and gave more than I thought I had.

Mulkey agreed that Johnson’s explosion came after LSU had already cost the game, but did not blame her star player.

“The game was lost in the second quarter,” Mulkey said. “This is where the game was lost. We did not use (UCLA Center Lauren) Betts who were out of the floor. And they feel as if a large part of the fact that she did not play what she – her standards are for herself.

“In the third and fourth quarter I think she really, really tried. That’s what all the Americans do. Just trying to figure out to hit the game and do that. She did.”

The 2024-25 season was the best of the Johnson three in Baton Rouge, which started by starting with the Tigers team, who won the National Championship 2023 as a newcomer. This year, Johnson on average 18.6 ppg career and was named the third team All-American both Associated Press and USBwa.