LSU Tigers guard Flau\u2019jae Johnson recently got candid about the 2024 SEC Championship game, after which she apologized to South Carolina Gamecocks head coach Dawn Staley. The Gamecocks won the final 79-72.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, July 16, Johnson appeared on NFL legend Shannon Sharpe\u2019s \u201cClub Shay Shay\u201d podcast. The former player asked her about the aforementioned game in which her brother, Trayron Milton, jumped over the stands and onto the court.<\/p>\n
This happened because at the 2:08 mark of the fourth quarter, a scuffle<\/a> was ignited on the court, as Johnson and Gamecocks standout MiLaysia Fulwiley exchanged words and shoves, with Ashlyn Watkins joining in. Johnson pushed Watkins, with now-Chicago Sky center Kamilla Cardoso storming in to drop Johnson to the floor, prompting Milton to try and protect his sister.<\/p>\n \u201cThat was a crazy moment, but that\u2019s my dog. But, that\u2019s how my mama raised us, not to do that in that type of situation, but like we all each other\u2019s protector. He\u2019s my protector.\u00a0 \u00a0I never had a dad, so he like my protector. So, that\u2019s my dog,\u201d Johnson said (1:03:54).<\/p>\n Sharpe then brought up the fact that Johnson apologized to Dawn Staley for her brother\u2019s actions. The incoming LSU senior shared her reasons, saying (1:04:07):<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s not what I\u2019m about and that\u2019s not what he\u2019s about. He ain\u2019t that type of person. I knew he wasn\u2019t trying to harm nobody but he wanted to make sure ain\u2019t nobody harm my sister. So, that\u2019s just me being like, \u2018I apologize for this and that.\u2019 But yeah, that was pretty much it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Johnson is coming off her junior stint of collegiate basketball in the 2024-25 season, where she averaged<\/a> 18.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.7 steals per contest to lead the Tigers to a 31-6 overall record (12-4, SEC).<\/p>\n Flau\u2019jae Johnson Clears the Air on What Her Brother\u2019s Intentions Were in The 2024 SEC Championship Game<\/p>\n On the same podcast, Flau\u2019jae Johnson defended her brother, Trayron Milton, for going over the scorer\u2019s table and onto the court.<\/p>\n Johnson told Sharpe that he was just trying to protect her, and it was a decision he made in real time.<\/p>\n \u201cOh my God, shout out to my boy. I have to say it was a little split second like. The problem was, he wasn\u2019t supposed to be on the rail. If you look, he was right on the rail when it happened, and I think he just saw me get pushed. But, he wasn\u2019t going over there to square up with nobody. I\u2019m like, \u2018Bro, he\u2019s 6\u20197 like,\u2019 it\u2019s going to take three of us.\u2019 But, he was just making sure I look good \u2019cause my brother, he like my security,’\u201d Johnson said (1:02:58).<\/p>\n Flau\u2019jae Johnson now heads into her fourth season of collegiate hoops in the 2025-26 season with coach Kim Mulkey\u2019s LSU Tigers. They will look to win their second national title in four years after being bounced out of the 2025 NCAA tournament in the Elite Eight by the UCLA Bruins with a seven-point loss, 72-65.<\/p>\n College Sports Network has you covered with the latest news, analysis, insights, and trending stories in\u00a0football<\/a>,\u00a0basketball<\/a>, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LSU Tigers guard Flau\u2019jae Johnson recently got candid about the 2024 SEC Championship game, after which she apologized…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[562],"tags":[64,63,726,707,724,725,704,721,723,722,85],"class_list":["post-2343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaab","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-college","tag-college-basketball","tag-collegebasketball","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-ncaab","tag-ncaabasketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}