Lady Tigers Advance To Elite Eight With 78-69 Victory Over UCLA

by Staff Reporter

March 30, 20245 Comments

Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports

ALBANY, N.Y. — No. 3 LSU battled all four quarters in MVP Arena on Saturday as it earned a 78-69 Sweet Sixteen win over No. 2 UCLA to survive and advance to the Elite Eight.

LSU will advance to its 10th Elite Eight in program history as it will face the winner of No. 1 Iowa and No. 5 Colorado on Monday inside MVP Arena. The winner will secure its spot at the Final Four in Cleveland next week.

Flau’Jae Johnson led all scorers with 24 points on 7-11 from the field, 2-2 from deep, and 8-10 from the foul line. The Sophomore added 12 rebounds as she was LSU’s spark of energy all day long. Johnson flew around the court on both sides of the ball and showed no signs of fatigue. It marks her second double-double of the season

Angel Reese earned her 26th double-double of the year after scoring 16 points and hauling in 11 boards. Reese went 6-7 from the foul line before fouling out late in the fourth quarter. Reese was matched up with the Bruin’s 6-7 Lauren Betts for most of the night.

The double-double duo of Johnson and Reese combined for 40 of LSU’s 78 points and 23 of the Tigers’ 38 rebounds.

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