One of the LSU women's basketball team's starters isn't afraid to jump to conclusions.

Jada Williams, a transfer point guard from Iowa State, has seen enough. Even though the Tigers have played only two games against overmatched foes this season, she thinks they're a "very unselfish" team that knows how to run in transition and share the ball. She thinks "the energy is good" and that everybody on the team "takes accountability."

"Honestly," Williams said, "this is the best team I've ever played on."

It's hard to argue with Williams, even though LSU always breezes through November and December.

If the No. 9 Tigers (2-0) beat McNeese State at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center (SEC Network+), they'll improve to 71-2 in games they've played in the first two months of the season since 2021. They've won those matchups by an average margin of 39.1 points per game.

But something feels different about the way LSU won its first two games this season. Its wins over Southeastern Louisiana and Texas Southern came by historically large margins of 94 and 109 points, respectively. One was a program record. The other was an NCAA record for matchups between two Division I teams.

How'd the Tigers pull off such lopsided wins?

First, consider the opponents. Both the Lions and Tigers are mid-major teams that were picked to finish near the bottom of their respective conferences this season.

Then factor in the reality that LSU has only 11 total players on the roster, and one of them (senior forward Noa Morro) missed both games with an injury. Her absence has left coach Kim Mulkey with no other choice but to use nine- or 10-player rotations — groups that will look a lot like the ones she'll pit against Southeastern Conference teams in January.

Because of the roster crunch, LSU's starters and top reserves — despite the one-sided nature of the first two games — have gotten quite a bit of run. They're playing loose, free basketball, and it certainly looks like they've enjoyed the fact they've been winning so decisively.

"I'm just out here having the time of my life," Williams said.

The Tigers could have more fun Tuesday. McNeese won a program-record 29 games last season, but Georgia hired away the coach who steered the program to those victories (Ayla Guzzardo), and now it has virtually a brand-new roster that was picked to finish 10th in the Southland Conference.

LSU last hosted McNeese in 2023, setting a program record for margin of victory (89) that stood until beating Southeastern Louisiana to open this season.

Across the last 10 seasons, seven Division I teams have beaten another Division I team by at least 90 points, and Mulkey has been on the winning end of five of those seven matchups — three times at Baylor and twice at LSU.

Last week wasn't even the first time a Mulkey-coached team beat Division I opponents by at least 90 points in back-to-back games. Her Bears did it when they played Northwestern State and McNeese in December 2020. Baylor landed a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament that season and wound up losing 69-67 to UConn in the Elite Eight.

Could this LSU team be in line for a similar finish? Or perhaps a better one?

It's early, but Williams seems to think so.