Kim Mulkey and LSU are lining up one of the biggest recruiting weekends of the year, with two of the nation’s top 2027 prospects set to be in Baton Rouge when the Tigers host Clemson on football weekend.
TigerBait has learned that five-star prospects Ivanna Wilson-Manyacka and Jezelle “GG” Banks will visit LSU. Both players sit inside ESPN’s top four in the 2027 class, with Wilson-Manyacka ranked No. 2 and Banks at No.
- LSU already has a commitment from No.
3 Caroline Bradley, giving the Tigers a direct connection to three of the top four players in the country.
Wilson-Manyacka, a 6-foot-2 guard from Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland, put together a monster junior season. She averaged 20.7 points, 11.5 rebounds, 3.2 steals, 1.9 assists and 1.9 blocked shots per game while leading Bullis to the Maryland Private School State Tournament championship. That performance earned her the Gatorade Maryland Girls Basketball Player of the Year award for the second straight season.
She also spent the summer with the United States at the FIBA U17 Women’s World Cup, where she averaged 12.9 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.
Bradley, meanwhile, is already in LSU’s class after committing in April. The 6-foot-5 post from Oak Grove High School is ESPN’s No. 3 player nationally.
As a junior, she posted 27.1 points, 17.6 rebounds, 3.5 blocked shots and 2.5 steals per game, shot 62 percent from the field and helped Oak Grove go 28-4 and reach the Division III Non-Select semifinals. She was also named the 2025-26 MaxPreps Louisiana Girls Basketball Player of the Year.
Banks brings another elite backcourt presence to the mix. The 5-foot-10 point guard from The St.
James Performance Academy is ranked No. 4 by ESPN. She averaged 14.3 points, 5.4 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game across 26 games last season.
Banks has also been busy on the international stage. This summer, she played for the United States at the FIBA U18 Women’s AmeriCup and averaged 13.8 points, 6.2 assists and 2.8 rebounds per game. She also played this summer in OT Select, and in an August semifinal she put up 27 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists and five steals.
For LSU, the visit weekend puts the program in position to make another strong impression on two uncommitted stars while already building around Bradley in the 2027 class.
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