LSU basketball team sends crowd into frenzy after hitting 67-point mark

Some societal media trends spell much viral than others, and the latest, known simply arsenic "67," is 1 of them.

The nonsense operation has exploded crossed TikTok and Instagram, and is particularly fashionable among mediate schoolers, but present it appears the LSU women’s hoops squad has taken a liking to it arsenic well.

Kids from Louisiana schools’ 2025 Field Trip Day ticker the archetypal fractional of an NCAA assemblage hoops crippled betwixt LSU and Morgan State successful Baton Rouge, Louisiana, connected Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ella Hall)

During Tuesday’s blowout triumph implicit Morgan State, sophomore defender Jada Richard scored from adjacent scope to springiness the Tigers a 67-20 pb successful the last minutes of the 3rd quarter. 

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And close connected cue, the arena erupted with "67" chants and matching manus gestures. Players, fans, and adjacent LSU caput manager Kim Mulkey joined successful connected the madness. 

"67," which is pronounced "six-seven," was named Dictionary.com’s connection of the year’s connection of the twelvemonth for 2025 and originates from a opus called "Doot Doot (6 7)" by Skrilla, but aboriginal became fashionable successful hoops references. The operation genuinely has nary defined meaning but is commonly utilized among mediate schoolers. 

Kids from Louisiana schools’ 2025 Field Trip Day observe aft LSU scored 67 points during an NCAA assemblage hoops crippled against Morgan State successful Baton Rouge, Louisiana, connected Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ella Hall)

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And Tuesday’s crippled happened to beryllium attended by astir 9,000 schoolhouse children. It marked LSU’s yearly tract travel crippled that featured students from the greater Baton Rouge area. The pivotal 67th constituent was intelligibly a item of the crippled for the 8,743 students successful attendance. 

"They were loving it," Mulkey said aft the game, via the squad website. "I was like, ‘God bless teachers.’ That’s my archetypal thought. My 2nd thought is, there’s immoderate small miss successful that basal that wants to beryllium successful that azygous 1 day, that wants to beryllium astatine LSU arsenic a pupil 1 day, possibly not adjacent play sports. That’s what I told the team. There are small girls retired determination that utilized to beryllium you and immoderate of them, this whitethorn beryllium the archetypal and past clip they ever spot you play. Leave an impression."

LSU defender Flau'Jae Johnson (4) greets kids from Louisiana schools’ 2025 Field Trip Day pursuing an NCAA assemblage hoops crippled against Morgan State successful Baton Rouge, Louisiana, connected Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ella Hall)

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The 91-33 rout marked LSU’s 12th triumph of the season. The Tigers instrumentality connected Sunday, wherever the undefeated squad volition look UT-Arlington (5-5) astatine home. 

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