'All about energy': Inside Last-Tear's ASU transfer

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NCAA women's basketball National Champion Last-Tear Poa has revealed why she decided to join the Arizona State Sun Devils for the 2025-26 season as a fifth-year senior in an exclusive interview with basketball.com.au's Bec Cole.

"Honestly, it was really Coach Molly (Miller)," Poa told It's a Cole World.

"I’m always the type to follow the coach — I don’t really care about programs. Understanding the college system over here, it’s more than just a program. I had to see who was the most consistent coach that was reaching out to me and wanting me to play for them.

"Coach Molly just had that energy. I’m all about energy. I was just growing on her for a while, and even when I came over here to visit my family, my brother — we’re really close — he said, 'Yeah, you need to come here'.

"He was my final say, so I was like, 'Okay, I will'. It was really the most consistent person that was on me the most, and she was.

"Even the staff here, they’re all wonderful, and the area itself is so different compared to where I came from.

"The change is different, but honestly overall, it was Coach Molly. I’m really grateful."

Watch the full interview with Last-Tear Poa on It's a Cole World, here

Poa won a national championship with LSU alongside now WNBA star Angel Reese in 2023 against now WNBA star Caitlin Clark. It was her second season at the Tigers under coach Kim Mulkey.

"It didn’t even feel real," Poa revealed.

"When the confetti came down and the announcements were made, it hit. I called my family straight away. Coming straight out of JUCO into that environment — my life changed.

"It felt like everything paid off. We were underdogs all season. Just making history to be at the Final Four was massive.

"I don’t know how much you know, but when a team wins the national championship, they usually go to the White House.

"After we won, I went back home straight away, but then they called and said, 'Poa, we’re going to the White House — you in?'

"I booked my flight within two days. I was jet-lagged bad, but we met Joe Biden. It was a long day, but it was worth it — definitely a bucket list thing."

Poa's goal is to bring that experience to the Arizona campus of ASU for the 2025-26 NCAAW season, which will be her last.

"I posted this on my story — the Final Four is in Phoenix this year," she declared.

"That’s my goal. Obviously, you have to win to get there, but I want to be a good teammate first.

"I want to get back to playing how Poa used to play — like in JUCO, my prime. Just getting myself back into a routine.

"But it’s bigger than me — I didn’t come to ASU just to win, I came to change the program."

She graduated from LSU earlier this year, posting several images to her Instagram account, which now has more than 162,000 followers.

Key Details

• Name: Last-Tear Poa
• Position: Guard
• Height: 5'11"
• Class: Senior
• Hometown: Melbourne, Australia
• High School: https://www.lakeonline.act.edu.au/
• ‍Previous School: Northwest Florida State College