BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Seimone Augustus scored 18 points to lead No. 1 LSU to an 81-58 victory over Kentucky on Thursday night.

The Tigers (24-1, 11-0 Southeastern Conference) are off to their best start in conference play in school history.

Augustus has posted double figures in 51 straight games and 86 of the 94 she’s played at LSU. Sylvia Fowles added 12 points for LSU.

Samantha Mahoney led Kentucky (14-12, 3-8) with 22 points.

With the victory, the Lady Tigers tied the school record for SEC wins in a single season. LSU went 11-3 in 1999-00 and 2002-03.

LSU is first in the SEC and No. 2 in the nation in defense, allowing 50.8 points per game. Only three opponents have scored more than 58 points against the Tigers. LSU’s one loss was a 51-49 overtime slugfest at Rutgers.

Scrappy Kentucky stayed with the Tigers in the opening minutes, but back-to-back baskets by Augustus put LSU up 15-10 and the Wildcats never came close again.

LSU led 47-29 at halftime.

In the second half, the Tigers led by as much as 27.

Kentucky, which shot 52 percent in the first half, was held to 32 percent in the second half and 41 percent for the game, below the Wildcats’ 44-percent average.