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LSU star Angel Reese is set to return to the court after missing four games due to unspecified ‘locker room issues’. She will rejoin her squad on Thursday, November 30, when the number 7 Tigers will host number 9 Virginia Tech. The LSU coach Kim Mulkey announced Reese’s arrival back in the team on Wednesday during a conference, saying, “Angel is back.”
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Reese missed a few games on her side due to some unclear ‘locker room issue’, and she along with junior guard Kateri Poole didn’t join the team on their trip to the Cayman Islands. Mulkey talked about Reese and said, "It doesn't matter. Angel is back and we are happy, happy, happy... We're past it. We were past it after it happened. It's just fun to watch them high-five and pick each other up off the floor and just do what they do, play basketball.”
The Hall of Famer added, "It's just we have to come in here and answer questions and that becomes aggravating."
Kim Mulkey addresses Reese’s locker room issue
The four-time national championship winner earlier spoke about Reese’s absence after LSU’s 106-47 win over Texas Southern. Mulkey said, "You always have to deal with locker room issues. That's just part of coaching," Mulkey said. "In 40 years I can't ever think of a time where I didn't have to deal with issues. that's what you do. Sometimes y'all know about it and sometimes you don't. Sometimes you want to know more than you're entitled to know.”
The 61-year-old added, "I'm going to protect my players, always. It's like a family. If you do some disciplining of your own children, do you think we're entitled to know that? That's a family in that locker room."
