How Elite 8 bound Duke women's basketball knocked off juggernaut LSU
Duke women's basketball knocked off juggernaut LSU to punch its ticket to the NCAA Women's Tournament Elite 8. Here's how the Blue Devils did it.
Duke women's basketball (27-8) is headed back to the Elite Eight for the second straight year. And they might have what it takes to go all the way, after watching the way they crushed an uncrushable on Friday night in 2-seed LSU. "When the shot went in, yeah, I'm not a big reactor in that way," Kara Lawson said.
"I just wanted to shake Kim's hand and express what a great season they had. In moments of victory or defeat, I think it's really important to be respectful. And it's something we try to do all the time.
Whether we win or we lose, we're going to have respectful interaction. " The Blue Devils took a hot lead, fast, and held that lead until MiKaylah Williams hit a free throw with 6:37 to go in the third quarter. Over 20 minutes, Duke had LSU's head underwater as Arianna Roberson, Toby Fournier and Delaney Thomas took turns hitting buckets.
LSU tried to keep the lead, but Taina Mair hit a pullup jumper to make it 67-65 headed into the final 10 minutes, and that's where the real madness of March occurred. Back-and-forth, round-and-round the score went until Mi'Laysia Fulwiley had something to say about it. She scored a layup in the paint, then two free throws and a jumper in the paint off an opponent turnover in the span of 2 minutes and 24 seconds to bring the game within one point.