Center Tennessee State girls’s basketball had one other March Insanity upset in thoughts, however a back-breaking stretch of the third quarter doomed the Woman Raiders on Sunday in a 83-56 loss to LSU within the second spherical of the NCAA Match in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The No. 11 seed Woman Raiders (30-5), who upset Louisville within the first spherical, because of one of many largest comebacks in event historical past, had been attempting to advance previous the second spherical for the primary time in program historical past.
Fifth-year guard Savannah Wheeler led MTSU with 21 factors, seven rebounds and 5 assists.
Second-team All-American Angel Reese scored 20 factors and pulled down 11 rebounds for No. 3 seed LSU (30-5). Flau’jae Johnson led the Tigers with 21 factors.
Foul hassle in second half for MTSU
LSU dominated the ultimate 14 minutes, erasing an virtually double-digit deficit, because of a run of 39-8 that started within the third quarter and prolonged into the fourth.
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LSU took management of the sport late within the third quarter, erasing a nine-point deficit to take a 59-49 lead coming into the fourth quarter.
MTSU battled foul hassle within the second half, together with 6-foot-6 heart Anastasiia Boldyreva fouling out with a minute left within the third after scoring 9 factors with 5 rebounds. Reese waved bye after Boldyreva fouled out.
Junior guard Jalynn Gregory, sophomore guard Ta’Mia Scott and backup heart Iullia Grabovskaia each had 4 fouls coming into the fourth and Scott fouled out with 7:16 left. She completed with 15 factors.
Fifth-year ahead Courtney Whitson fouled out within the fourth quarter.
MTSU led by as a lot as 41-32 early within the third quarter earlier than LSU went on a 10-0 run. MTSU led 43-42 after a Scott basket to finish the run.
MTSU protection was robust in first half
MTSU began the sport a lot better than it did Friday’s 71-69 comeback win over Louisville within the first spherical. The Woman Raiders took a 7-4 lead, and even after a 14-3 LSU run, trailed the Tigers simply 20-15 after one interval.
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MTSU had a 14-2 run in the course of the second quarter and turned a 24-15 deficit right into a 29-26 lead, because of a protection that restricted LSU to a number of missed exterior photographs.
The Woman Raiders led 36-32 at halftime, because of 13 factors by Scott.