LSU advances to Elite Eight in Saturday Sweet 16 matchup

ALBANY, N.Y. (WAFB) - The LSU Women’s Basketball team scored a win against UCLA in a Saturday Sweet 16 matchup in Albany, New York.

The final score of the game was 78 to 69. LSU will advance to its 10th Elite Eight in program history.

Aneesah Morrow and Mikaylah Williams broke double figures scoring 17 and 12, respectively.

Flau’Jae Johnson led with 24 points on 7-11 from the field, 2-2 from deep, and 8-10 from the foul line. The Sophomore also added 12 rebounds. 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 in the fourth quarter. For Reese it was her eighth straight double-double in the NCAA Tournament.

“I just thought a lot of individual players did a lot of little things to help us just keep playing the game,” Coach Kim Mulkey said. “One of the ways I’ve always thought that we can win a lot of games is we get to the foul line, and we did that again tonight.”

LSU made its free throws to improve its advantage and win, 78-69.

The Tigers will take on Iowa on Monday at 6:15 p.m. inside the MVP Arena.

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