LOOK: Angel Reese, Flau'jae Johnson Featured on SLAM Magazine Cover

The Bayou Barbie headlines a new edition of SLAM magazine alongside SEC Freshman of the Year Flau'jae Johnson.

LSU's own Angel Reese and Flau'jae Johnson headline the cover of SLAM 243. 

The dynamic duo of Reese and Johnson stole the show this season for the Tigers on their way to one of the best seasons in program history. 

For Reese, the first-year Tiger took the country by storm after transferring in from Maryland. Leading the SEC in points (23.7) and rebounds (16.0) per game, Reese took over Baton Rouge in Year 1. 

Johnson, on the other hand, became the freshman phenom many expected her to be. It isn't easy living up to expectations when playing for a prominent program like LSU, but that's precisely what Johnson did in her first season. 

The SEC Freshman of the Year averaged 11.6 points and six rebounds per game in her debut season with the Tigers. 

A look at the cover:

THE BAYOU BARBIE & BIG 4. LSU’s Angel Reese and Flau’Jae Johnson cover SLAM 243. https://t.co/BfS5IemkQ7 pic.twitter.com/lBiTCMY8B9

— SLAM (@SLAMonline) March 13, 2023

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Angel Reese

Reese joined LSU prior to the season rated as the nation’s No. 1 impact transfer and she made an immediate impact for the Tigers, leading the SEC with 23.7 (four more than the next closest player) points per game and 16.0 rebounds per game (six more than the next closest).

She recorded a double-double in the first 23 games of the season, the longest streak in LSU history and the longest streak by a SEC player ever to begin a season. Through 28 games, Reese has 27 double-doubles, tied with Sylvia Fowles for the most ever in a season by an LSU player.

With seven SEC Player of the Week honors throughout the week, including the final two weeks of the regular season, Reese set the conference record.

Reese has five games this season with at least 20 points and 20 rebounds to lead the nation. Prior to this season, there were only 19 recorded 20/20 games in program history.

Against Texas A&M on January 5 in Baton Rouge, Reese went for 26 points and a LSU record 28 rebounds – the most by a player in the SEC since the conference started sponsoring women’s basketball during the 1981-82 season.

Against Ole Miss on February 16, Reese had another impressive performance. She set a career-high with 36 points and hauled in 20 rebounds against Ole Miss, her fourth game of the season with 20+ points and 20+ rebounds. It marked the first time since 1978 (Maree Jackson) that a LSU player had 30+ points or 35+ points and 20+ rebounds. It marked the 11th time in LSU history a player had 30 and 20 and it was the seventh time a player had 35 and 20.

Jackson had previously recorded all of LSU's 35/20 games. Julie Gross had one 30/20 game. Gross, Jackson and Reese are the only three players in LSU history to record 30/20 games.

Reese's 36 points were the most by a LSU player since Cornelia Gayden scored 49 vs. Jackson State in 1995.

The Baltimore, Maryland native has made history at every turn throughout the season.

In LSU's win over Lamar on December 14, Reese did something that no pro or college basketball player has done in at least the past 20 years per @OptaStats on twitter. Reese is the only NBA, WNBA or Division I men's or women's player in the last 20 years to have at least 30+ points, 15+ rebounds, 4+ assists, 4+ steals and shoot over 80-percent in the same game.

Flau'jae Johnson

Johnson came to LSU as a highly touted freshman ranked as the No. 26 player in the nation. She made an immediate impact in Baton Rouge, scoring 11.6 points per game and bringing down 5.9 rebounds per game. She was named SEC Freshman of the Week three times.

Her talent was on display right out of the gate. In her collegiate debut the Savannah, Georgia native scored 14 points and grabbed 8 rebounds while also recording 2 assists, 2 blocks and 1 steal. Through her first week of college basketball, Johnson scored in double-figures all three games.

In LSU’s SEC opener, Johnson came to play at Arkansas on December 29. She recorded her second double-double of the season with 10 points and 11 rebounds to help lead LSU to a win to begin conference play.

Johnson was critical for LSU in its win over Arkansas a few weeks later on January 19 when she grabbed a big offensive board off a missed free throw and sank four free throws in the game’s final 16 seconds to secure the win.