The women’s NCAA Tournament got underway Friday with 16 games. Top seeds South Carolina and Texas won their games this afternoon. Other notable matchups today: Angel Reese and LSU opened their March Madness slate at home with a win over Rice, and Cameron Brink and Stanford won in the late game.
You can find the complete women’s March Madness bracket here.
Here’s the full scoreboard for all of the women’s March Madness first-round games Friday.
The third-seeded Tigers had to hang on for dear life in their 70-60 win against Rice, a team so unassuming it was seeded 10th in the American Athletic Conference tournament.
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“It was an ugly basketball game. It’s OK, you won’t hurt our feelings,” LSU coach Kim Mulkey said.
It’s impossible to sugarcoat this one. LSU had more turnovers, a season-high 24, than it did field goals (21). And most of the miscues were self-inflicted. The Tigers were outscored in the paint 24-20. Angel Reese, the Most Outstanding Player of last year’s title game, was held to a season-low 10 points and one field goal, though she did have 19 rebounds.
About the only good thing you could say is that LSU did win. Which, Mulkey noted, is the sole objective at this time of year.
