<p>BATON ROUGE, La. — New LSU coach Kim Mulkey has persuaded one of her top former Baylor recruits to follow her move to the Lady Tigers.</p>
<p>Hannah Gusters, a 6-foot-5 former McDonald’s All-American who was among the top rated high school centers in the nation in 2020, is transferring to LSU, Mulkey announced on Saturday.</p>
<p>Gusters, who spent one season at Baylor, has four years of eligibility remaining and will be immediately eligible for the Tigers. </p>
<p>“This is a great opportunity to be part of Coach Mulkey’s first team at LSU and to do whatever I can to help bring our program back to the national spotlight,” Gusters said. “I trust Coach Mulkey and I know what she can do. She built the Baylor program from the ground up and I’m just excited to be part of what she’s going to do at LSU.” </p>
<p>Gusters had six double-figure scoring games in her lone season at Baylor, scoring as many as 22 points in a game. She also had a high of 10 rebounds in a victory over Kansas. </p>
<p>“Hannah was one of the top post players coming out of high school a year ago,” said Mulkey, who was hired by LSU last weekend after spending two decades at Baylor, where she won three national championships. </p>
<p>“Hannah made tremendous strides as a freshman and we look for her to continue that success in Baton Rouge,” Mulkey said.</p>
<p>Gusters has been invited tryout of for the U.S. Basketball’s 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup Team in Denver this month.</p>
<p>When Gusters played for MacArthur High School in Dallas, she was ranked as the nation’s 16th-best prospect as a senior, when she averaged 22.1 points and 10.3 rebounds, and was named Miss Basketball for the state of Texas. </p>
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