LSU Tigers ladies’s basketball star Angel Reese waved goodbye to one of many Center Tennessee State gamers through the spherical of 32 within the event as she fouled out within the third quarter.
Reese battled with Center Tennessee State’s bigs all sport lengthy. And with 59 seconds left within the body, Anastasiia Boldyreva fouled out of the sport.
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The ESPN broadcast noticed Reese waving goodbye as she went again to her bench. Boldyreva performed 16 minutes within the sport and had 9 factors. LSU was solely up six factors at that time, but it surely appeared to show the sport round.
LSU went on to win the sport 83-56, however Reese’s motion didn’t go unnoticed on social media.
“Waving goodbye whilst you’re up 6 on an 11 seed isn’t the flex you suppose it’s Angel. To not point out the flop,” one fan wrote on X.
“Angel Reese waving bye bye as opponent fouls out. When individuals say she has no class, look no additional. And her coach condones it,” one other fan added on X with clown emojis.
However followers of Reese got here to her protection.
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“I like that Angel Reese is aware of y’all are gonna speak trash about her and nonetheless does no matter she needs to do,” one Reese fan wrote. “She an actual one and y’all can’t stand it.”
One other added that they needed extra trash speaking in sports activities and had no downside with Reese’s power.
Reese got here underneath related scrutiny in final yr’s nationwide championship in opposition to Iowa when she proceeded to offer Caitlin Clark a few of her personal trash speak again at her. LSU topped Iowa to win the nationwide title.
She completed the sport with 20 factors, 11 rebounds, three assists and two steals. Her level whole was one shy of tying Flau’jae Johnson for essentially the most within the sport.
The Tigers will face off in opposition to the winner of UCLA and Creighton within the Candy 16. Ought to Iowa get previous West Virginia after which Colorado, the Hawkeyes and Tigers might doubtlessly meet within the regional closing.
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The Blue Raiders completed their season 30-5. The workforce upset Louisville to get to the spherical of 32.
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