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lau’jae “Big 4” Johnson and Mikaylah “12” Williams are on campus at Louisiana State University for a visit when they enter the Pete Maravich Assembly Center (PMAC). They both look up into the rafters. The winning heritage and history of LSU can be felt throughout the arena, where legends like Seimone Augustus, Sylvia Fowles, Joyce Walker and so many others set the foundation.

‍“We're gonna be here together, and we[’re] basically gonna take over,” Williams, who is a year younger than Johnson and from Boosier City, remembers them saying to each other at the time. Williams committed to the Tigers in June 2022, and by that August, Johnson unveiled her college decision, too. In her music video for “All Falls Down,” which featured Lil Boosie and Mikewillmadeit, Flau’jae announced that she too would be suiting up for the Tigers. Johnson went on to dominate in SEC and all of college basketball during her first year at LSU, winning conference Freshman of the Year and a National Title. That same year, Williams returned on campus for a visit and played one-on-one with Johnson, showing her a glimpse of what she’s really about.

“She got to the hole and she bumped me. Like, she bumped me, bumped me,.” Big 4 says, “and I was like, Oh, yeah she's strong. A pure scorer."

Going into the 2023-24 season, Johnson saw an opportunity to take Williams, who had led her high school, Parkway (Bossier City, LA), to a state championship in her senior year, “under her wing.”





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