LSU built a 59-42 lead over Iowa in the first half of the NCAA Championship game on Sunday.
DALLAS — Jasmine Carson banked in a 3-pointer to end the highest-scoring half ever in a women’s NCAA Tournament championship game, as LSU built a 59-42 lead over Iowa on Sunday.
Carson, a graduate transfer from West Virginia, came off the Tigers’ bench to make all seven of her shots from the field. The one to end the half was her fifth from beyond the arc. The Tigers made 13 field goals in the second quarter, six of those being 3s. They were shooting 58.3% overall, and 9 of 12 on 3s.
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