After holding a three-point lead with 2:46 left, the second-seeded Bruins, who had 19 turnovers, were outscored, outfought and outclassed from there.
The stage was set for
missed too many shots in the final minutes and LSU made enough free throws to advance to play the winner of the other regional semifinal between top-seeded Iowa and fifth-seeded Colorado on Monday. If the Hawkeyes get past the Buffaloes, it will be a rematch of last season’s national championship game. Sloppy ballhandling and cold shooting were the biggest issues that ended the Bruins’ season.
’s Kiki Rice made both free throws she was awarded to give her team a 55-52 lead. But the Bruins could not extend their advantage over the next four minutes, leading by the same margin when Reese returned. After starting the game three of 22 from three-point range, found itself facing a considerable halftime deficit after getting little from its guards in falling behind 34-27. Rice, Osborne and Jones combined for 11 points and six turnovers while making just five of 18 shots. Collectively, the Bruins made one of 16 three-pointers before Jones buried one with five seconds left in the first half to prevent her team from going into halftime facing a double-digit deficit.
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