Game was statistically nearly even except in one area

Thanks.

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Free throw attempts: 9 to 13 Free throws made: 4 to 7 Personal Fouls: 15 to 11

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People who don’t understand basketball always think the difference in fouls called is because of officiating. It’s almost always not.

It’s because one team plays more physical, assertive, and aggressive creating fouls. Listen to Mulkey’s comments after the game. This is precisely why she said So Carolina won. Because in the 2nd half, So Carolina was more physical and more aggressive going to the basket than LSU was.

So they had 3 more FTs made…and they won by 6…I’m not sure I understand the point. I agree there were some bad calls, but let’s just move on and have fun watching our team go to the final 4 and have a legit shot at winning it all…cause that’s what’s gonna happen.

Angel and Hailey need to play smarter basketball next time. Less turnovers and less fouls.

Let this be motivation going forward.

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Listen to Mulkey’s comments after the game. This is precisely why she said So Carolina won. Because in the 2nd half, So Carolina was more physical and more aggressive going to the basket than LSU was.

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She also commented how Reese had 5 fouls yet Cardoso only had 1. You could hear in her voice she thought that was bullshite.

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My point is 200 player minutes for SC with only 11 fouls is ridiculous.

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Is it significantly more ridiculous than 15 fouls in 200 minutes? An 11-15 foul discrepancy is not big. Rarely, in any basketball game are you going to have an equal number of fouls called. That doesn't mean it was a poorly officiated game. What 26 total fouls means is the officials swallowed the whistle and let both teams play. And the FT discrepancy (4) is pretty minimal on the whole.

Perhaps if you want to find a bigger discrepancy, it lies in fast break points where SC beat LSU by nine points....13-4. Generally fast break opportunities arise from live ball turnovers. Perhaps if LSU had designs of winning they should have taken better care of the ball or did a better job of getting back on defense in transition.

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An 11-15 foul discrepancy is not big

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Agree to an extent, but it is a 36 percent difference and led to the difference between a 6 point game and a chance to go to overtime.

In a game with not many fouls being called, 4 is a big difference.

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In a game with not many fouls being called, 4 is a big difference.

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Especially when circumstance has slashed your frontcourt depth & you can count 4 questionable calls on our center. Literally the difference in team fouls was 4 — Definitely a tough break & definitely a factor.

Is it the sole reason for the L? Nah. Bad end to the first half, Williams shooting well under her clip, and the aforementioned post depth were all contributing factors.

But I can confirm, ppl aren’t just gnashing teeth over refs for no reason this time.

There was a bigger disparity that was the bigger factor.

Our bench score 4.

Their bench scored 16.

We were really good until Angel fouled out with 4 min left.
It’s hard to win with just five players.

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Agree to an extent, but it is a 36 percent difference and led to the difference between a 6 point game and a chance to go to overtime.

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But it didn't. There was only a 3 point discrepancy (7-4).

Like I said, the biggest point differential was fast break points where SC had a NINE point edge (13-4). Admittedly, I didn't watch the whole game. But fast break are generally the product of 2 things: (1) live ball turnovers and/or (2) failure to get back on defense in transition.

That aside, the numbers show SC was the better team in the 4th. They outshot LSU 47% to 33% on virtually the same number of FG attempts. And in the final 5:00 or so it looked like LSU was completely exhausted. Tired legs often lead to poor defense and fouling. Three of LSU's starters played 38+ min. Another played 34.