The best part of recruiting is hanging out with these two girls. We have been on the road many times over the last few weeks and the time in the car is something I will cherish forever.
Last day at CCC. You never know where coaching will lead you but I am so thankful to CCC for the support but especially thankful for the players believing in me and Celesta and committed to help build something special. From the bottom of my heart the Perkins will miss Nebraska
First practice of the year in the books. This team has endured preseason and ready to go. They have worked hard and are getting better every day. There is something special about this team.
My kids are truly resilient through my career as a coach but I am so great full for them and what they support to come to Louisiana. We made it and we have hit the ground running. I love these kids and so proud to be there dad. They were great traveling buddies for 15 hours
So proud of our win tonight. Everyone did a great job and great energy. 1st conference win against a scrappy Paul Quinn team. The water feels good In Louisiana also
This man is so selfless and will do anything for his athletes and coaches. Not only a great boss but great person, husband and father. Thanks Tyler Unsicker for everything form scorer to and PA announcer but Great athletic. Director. LSUA is lucky to have this man. Thank you.
Had a great turnout for prospect camp. One of the best parts of the day is speaking about recruit and help athletes better understand the process and also talk about what we do at LSUA. More pics to come.
Today we hosted 2024’s at a special invite elite camp. We finished the day off at the Mangolia Cafe on campus Great job to all the 2024’s and good luck this upcoming season. Also thank you for LSUA WBB helping out. The present team and future team are something special.
This team has put some good work in the last few weeks from weights, outside sprints, sand work and some hill sprints. They have been doing great work. So proud of them and they are going to be fun to coach. Keep it going.
Big win for the LSUA WBB basketball team. It has been a tough week with injuries sickness road games and first week of school but they prevailed. So proud of the team and everyone’s effort. Blessed to be their coach.
LSUA-64
Texas College-61
Amani gave a great speech tonight at Shrimp Jam. Amani is such a great representative of LSUA but especially for the LSUA women’s basketball. Great job.
Work on all the drills and plays that we have learned in the last 2 weeks and this team did a great job keeping energy up and executing as it has been taught. Great job today.
Had a good time welcoming Poland elementary and Jh students this morning. Together Tuesday brings out so many smiles Amongst student my LSUA wbb players. Thank you for letting us come.
I love that my family loves what I do. Rarely do you get to see my Tesema and Malia with mom/dad on bench but as they get older it is more special. They have many older LSUA sisters they look up to. Special time.
I am so proud of the LSUA Womens basketball team today. Got a huge win over Louisiana Christian Univ 62-61 in Overtime. This group has bought in and believe in each other. Great job. So blessed to be their coach
Another good win for the LSUA WBB TEAM 78-70. They play and stuck together the whole game. Came from behind and took lead late in 4th to win. Great job!!
Today Celesta and I celebrate her graduation with a evening run. Celesta graduated with a Masters in Health and Human performance and I am so proud of her. She is such an amazing person and she did all of this while being my team tutor, Assitant coach and a great Mother.
Today my LSUA team is headed to play in Plainview Tx. Friday at 2:00 vs USAO and Saturday at 12:00 can Wayland Baptist. 1st stop Childress Tx where it all start for me back in 1998. Childress has a special place in my hear. It is where It all started. Here Go!!!
Congrats to these ladies for being great on and off the court.
Chancellors List 4.0 GPA for Fall 2022
Kyrie Alldredge
Amani Gray
Dean List 3.5 Fall 2022
Gracelyn Adams
Dannah Martin-Hartwick
Great job girls well deserved.
Never to late to post about this team. two practices down and we are off to a good start. This group is ready to go. They have run hills, sand work. Weights and ran and done it together. They will be fun to watch.
Congrats to LSUA Women’s Basketball Committee Bella Smith from Fairview playing in East vs West LHSCA all star Game. The future is bright for her and can’t wait to get her on campus.
LSUA WBB Captains for 23-24 from left to right Dannah Martin-Hartwick, Amani Gray, Raegan Ojoro and Jewel Jones. These 4 girls are a great representative of LSUA WBB and LSUA on and off the court. I could not be more blessed/proud to have them help Celesta and I lead this team.
Thanks for KALB sports staff for covering the LSUA WBB program. Elijah, Mary Margaret and Dylan are awesome. They put a lot of time and love what they do. So thankful for for y’all and the great work y’all do.
One of the best days of the year. MOVE IN DAY. To many people to mention but the Department of student Engagement did AWESOME. There were people helping student move in from several departments across LSAU campus. But my favorite is the athletes working together to help.
LSUA 73
Texas college 70
Tough win but we continued to fight the whole night. Very proud of this group as we round out regular season.
Finished the last 12 games at 9-3 to clinch a spot in tournament
On to the RRAC tournament. Opponent yet to TBD
Had a great night at Chicken Salad Chick. Thanks for hosting the LSUA WBB. Dustin and his family and staff are great. If you have not eating there I highly recommend it. Game tomorrow at Coliseum LSUA WBB vs LCU. Tip Off at 4:45.
LSUA WBB with the win. 82-52. Here are a few highlights.
Dannah Martin-Hartwick-15pts, 4 ast
Amani Gray- 16pts,13 reb, 8 ast,8 stls
Jewel Jones-22pts, 6reb
The outcome didn’t end like we wanted against LCU but the growth of our team was amazing. I am proud of how we competed all year and stayed together as a team. If you see any LSUA WBB player out and about let them know ok how proud you are of them this year.
Great win by the LSUA WBB team tonight against a good OLLU TEAM. 68-53. This team is special and so blessed to be their coach. Good job girls. BE BETTER TOMORROW.
Getting ready for tomorrow RRAC basketball conference Tournament. LSUA WBB VS LCU at 4;45 at coliseum. Come out and support this team They are fun to watch and coach.
One of my favorite things to do is hanging out with my kids at basketball events. These two have been to a bunch of recruiting trips, playoff games, state tournament and conference games and many other ones. Love my family and their support for Celesta and me.
Malia and Leialani played together tonight. Malia 8th grade and Leialani made JH team as a 5th grade. So proud of their work. We have a lot of bbal coming up. JH, HS and LSUA practice starts Monday.
It has been a long six months preparing to get to RRAC tournament. Team outing and getting ready for Tournament. These girls love their crawfish, shrimp and catfish and some wings. Coach has been Louisiana culturized.
Shrimp jam was a huge success. Thanks to all those hope organize and supported the night. Coach Johnson LSU baseball coach had. A great talk. I am so proud to be part of the LSUA family. Thank you all for the support.
First over night road trip of the year and we are having a blast. These girls have worked hard on and off court and have done amazing at fundraising. Now for some rest and get ready to play Dallas Christian College tomorrow. It is bigger than just basketball.
We made it home from Texas. Decide to risk the cold weather and play outside in snows. I am so blessed by my great kids and wonderful and beautiful wife.
Today I decide to check kids rooms for any wet spots from the storm but ran across this as I was in Malias room.
This is an old net that I replaced from our gym that I had thrown away. I can’t wait to see her cut those down someday. Stay hungry and set goals.
Amani, Dannah and Jewel have been nominated for Homecoming Queen. Whether they Win/Lose they are good players but even better people. These girls are so awesome and I have been so blessed to be their coach. Thank you girls for setting the standard for our program, GOOD LUCK
We don’t only play basketball we can dance. Lights went out and campus closed so they made the most of it. As a coach this makes my heart happy. This group is special. Can’t wait to see them play games.
What a surprise. It was great to see Jade Martin. So proud of this girl and what she has done and where she is headed. Thanks for coming to find us after our game at Texarkana.
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to eat at Canes today from 2:00-8:00 and mention the fundraiser for us to get 15% of profit. These girls will wait on you dine in or drive through.
After 1400 miles to Texas and back LSUA WBB made it home safe and got better this weekend. The results of the games between USAO and Wayland Baptist Univ did not tend the way we wanted but we learned a lot about ourselves. Very proud of effort and how we are coming together.
So proud of the effort and team win against a scrappy TAMUT. It is hard to play on road in the RRAC. 64-56
LSUA 4-1, 1-1
Dannah Martin Hartwick- 10pts, 6 ast
Raegan OJoro- 13 reb 6point. 5ast
Amani Gray-16pts6 eaboubds
Jewel jones 11pts 5 re 3 assist
Benedetta Peracchi-16pts
We had a few LSUA WBB players show up to support Chelsea (LSA Assistant Ad/SID) her baptism yesterday. CWC has had a program this week and girls have been attending and enjoying REVIVE. Congrats Chelsea this will change your life. We are proud of you.
We have had a great 3 weeks of camps but today we finished our post and guard camp. Thanks to all the girls that came to camp and parents/coaches who supported our camps. This week we saw great improvements from both guards and post.
Headed to Hobbs,NM to play University of Southwest but only made it to Abilene, TX. We had the opportunity to practice at Abilene Christian University. I had not been on campus in 10 years and the updates to Moody Coliseum are awesome.
Congrats to Monica Brooks with an outstanding B-ball career. Monica is a good player but an even better person. I am so proud of her and so glad she took a chance to play for me at Central CC. She impacts everyone she comes in contact with. STAY HUNGRY.
As season approaches we needed to change routine. We had the chance to go through obstacle course with National Guard Army and it was a blast. Thank you SFC Garland, Selma and Vasquez for hosting LSUA WBB. We grew as a team and had a fun time More video and pics to come.
It was a great night for the Raider Women’s Basketball. We had a great win and play played good team Ball. We also honored our sophomores tonight and I am so blessed to have them on our team. Let’s keep it going. GO RAIDERS!!
Thanks to Coach Jimmy Winslow and the Ash lady basketball team allowing to come visit with them about college athletic, recruiting and the process of going to college. The future is bright for the Lady Trojans.
You have 2 days till LSUA WBB Free Throw Shoot A Thon. If you are interested in pledging to help support LSUA WBB please contact Coach Billy Perkins or any player. Each player you pledge for will shoot 100 FT and for every shot they make you will owe amount you pledge.
Today is the day all Basketball coaches look forward to. The FIRST DAY of practice. If you are basketball coach and would like to come watch LSUA practice here is times. Monday 4:00-6:00. Tuesday-TBA. Wednesday 4:00-6:00. Thursday 4:00-6:00. Friday 12:00-2:00. Saturday-TBA
Had the opportunity to attend Shrimp Jam last night and what a great event. It was unbelievable the support for LSU-Alexandria athletics. The food was great and D-D Breaux was amazing. Thanks to all involved in making it such a great night.
Got to meet these two men today and listen to them speak. Warren Morris 2nd baseman for LSU 1996 national championship team and the head coach Skip Bertman. They were great speakers but both have a strong faith in God which was awesome to hear. Such a great experience today.