Mr. Orange-Power
03-24-2008, 09:26 PM
03/29/2003
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- The third-ranked LSU women's basketball team was dead in the water -- or so just about everyone in Maples Pavilion thought -- when the top-seeded Lady Tigers came back from 17 points down in the final 14:27 to "survive and advance" to the Elite 8, 69-63, over No. 5-seeded Louisiana Tech on Sunday evening in the NCAA Sweet 16.
LSU, which defeated Louisiana Tech (31-3) for the first time in three NCAA meetings, will face No. 2 seed Texas on Tuesday at 8 p.m. CST for a chance to advance to its first Final Four.
Trailing 50-33 with 14:27 to play, LSU scored 16 straight points over a 10-minute stretch to get the lead down to one. After taking the lead, 57-56, on a Doneeka Hodges jumper on the left side the lane with 5:22 to play, LSU would never trail again.
Conversely, Louisiana Tech relaxed its pressure defense in the second half and allowed LSU to run its offense much more effectively down the stretch.
Louisiana Tech Head Coach Kurt Budke
"Of course I want to congratulate LSU. They've got a great team. I think they'll do well from here out. But as I say that, I'm so proud of my team and what we've accomplished this year. I don't know if there's too many people out there right now that think we're a five seed. This team is a very good team. These two teams probably shouldn't have met until the next round. But you can't have 25 turnovers and expect to beat a great team like LSU. I think that's where the difference was in the ball game. When it's a possession ball game like it was; when every possession counts, to turnover 25 times and still have a chance to win tells you a lot about the young ladies sitting next to me. I thought the game plan was carried out. I thought we defended them as well as probably they've been defended all year long. We just turned the ball over a little too much tonight."
Let's GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.....COWGIRLS!!!
ORANGE-POWER!!!
Mr. OP
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- The third-ranked LSU women's basketball team was dead in the water -- or so just about everyone in Maples Pavilion thought -- when the top-seeded Lady Tigers came back from 17 points down in the final 14:27 to "survive and advance" to the Elite 8, 69-63, over No. 5-seeded Louisiana Tech on Sunday evening in the NCAA Sweet 16.
LSU, which defeated Louisiana Tech (31-3) for the first time in three NCAA meetings, will face No. 2 seed Texas on Tuesday at 8 p.m. CST for a chance to advance to its first Final Four.
Trailing 50-33 with 14:27 to play, LSU scored 16 straight points over a 10-minute stretch to get the lead down to one. After taking the lead, 57-56, on a Doneeka Hodges jumper on the left side the lane with 5:22 to play, LSU would never trail again.
Conversely, Louisiana Tech relaxed its pressure defense in the second half and allowed LSU to run its offense much more effectively down the stretch.
Louisiana Tech Head Coach Kurt Budke
"Of course I want to congratulate LSU. They've got a great team. I think they'll do well from here out. But as I say that, I'm so proud of my team and what we've accomplished this year. I don't know if there's too many people out there right now that think we're a five seed. This team is a very good team. These two teams probably shouldn't have met until the next round. But you can't have 25 turnovers and expect to beat a great team like LSU. I think that's where the difference was in the ball game. When it's a possession ball game like it was; when every possession counts, to turnover 25 times and still have a chance to win tells you a lot about the young ladies sitting next to me. I thought the game plan was carried out. I thought we defended them as well as probably they've been defended all year long. We just turned the ball over a little too much tonight."
Let's GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.....COWGIRLS!!!
ORANGE-POWER!!!
Mr. OP