Buzzer-beating 3 sends Duke past LSU 87-85 in Sweet 16 of March Madness in Sacramento<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tALCOHOL IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. LIVECOPTER3 OVER THE GOLDEN 1 CENTER TODAY, AS THE SWEET 16 IS TAKEN OVER DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO. AND WHILE THE TEAMS ARE CHASING A TITLE, THE FANS ARE BRINGING A LITTLE MADNESS OF THEIR OWN. KCRA 3\u2019S DENSON CORTEZ CAUGHT UP WITH SOME OF THE FANS WHOSE TEAMS ARE STILL DANCING. SHE\u2019S 81 YEARS OLD. SHE\u2019S GOT A BLANKET. SHE RUNS AROUND THE STADIUM. YOU GOT TO GO TALK TO HER. SOMEWHERE IN THE CROWD, WRAPPED IN MORE FABRIC THAN A MINNESOTA WINTER KOHBERGER KOHBERGER. MARCH MADNESS BRINGS OUT BASKETBALL\u2019S BIGGEST SUPERFAN. HAVEN\u2019T MISSED A GAME SINCE 2011, AND I DRIVE 126 MILES ROUND TRIP. OLVERA PEP\u2019S MEN ARE KNOWN TO MANY AS THE BLANKET LADY IS BASKETBALL ROYALTY, SO YOU GOT YOUR OWN HOLIDAY. I SURE DO. ISN\u2019T THAT WONDERFUL? BECAUSE WHEN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA GIVES YOU A HOLIDAY, A SWEET 16 APPEARANCE DOESN\u2019T JUST MEAN THE PLAYERS. NO WORDS CAN DESCRIBE HOW I FEEL ABOUT OUR GOLFERS GOPHER TEAM. I WOULDN\u2019T BE HERE AND NOW I\u2019M HERE. HEY, CULVERT PHOENIX, HERE WE COME. LET\u2019S GO. COX, SHE AND THE MANY OTHERS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. LET\u2019S GO, LET\u2019S GO. WHO\u2019S UP TO VIRGINIA? I PLAYED IN HIGH SCHOOL. HE\u2019S A WANNABE TO GRANDPA AND GRANDSON BANTER. THEY WERE WILLING TO MISS SCHOOL TO COME UP HERE AND DRIVE FIVE HOURS. SO WE\u2019RE HERE, YOU KNOW? TURNS OUT SCHOOL ISN\u2019T THE ONLY PLACE TO SHOW OFF SPIRIT. YOU SEE. UCLA FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT. AMID THE CHANCE THE NEXT GENERATION OF BALL PLAYERS LIKE BROOKLYN LOMBARD, INSPIRED BY THE MADNESS. I LIKE THAT CHEEKY RICE THAT SHE\u2019S A POINT GUARD LIKE ME BECAUSE I\u2019M A POINT GUARD AND I LIKE HOW. I LIKE HOW LAUREN BET SHE\u2019S SUPER TALL AND SHE IS REALLY AGGRESSIVE WITH REBOUNDS, AND SHE\u2019LL JUST GRAB THEM. IT BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES TO SEE ALL THESE LITTLE GIRLS AND LITTLE BOYS WHO LOOK UP TO THESE PLAYERS AND, AND WANT TO EMULATE THEM. AND THEY AND THEY WILL, THEY WILL, THEY WILL, YOU KNOW, CARRY THAT FLAME AND, AND WE\u2019LL BE WATCHING THEM HERE IN A FEW YEARS. GO TIGERS. BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT SIDE OF THE TEAM YOU ROOT FOR, THE FANS OF BASKETBALL GO. YOU KNOW, GETTING HERE IS ALWAYS\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t Ashlon Jackson\u2019s 3-pointer at the buzzer lifted third-seeded Duke to an 87-85 win over No. 2 seed LSU in the Sweet 16 of the women\u2019s NCAA Tournament at Golden 1 Center on Friday night.Jackson\u2019s shot from the wing right in front of Duke\u2019s bench rolled around the rim before dropping in, setting off a wild celebration by the Blue Devils. She caught the ball on the wing and after faking LSU defender Flau\u2019Jae Johnson put up the shot.Duke (27-8) will face top-seeded UCLA in the Elite Eight of Sacramento 2 Region on Sunday. The Bruins beat Minnesota in the other regional semifinal.LSU (29-6) had rallied from an 11-point deficit to go ahead on two free throws by Mikaylah Williams with 9.2 seconds left.Taina Mair missed a 3-pointer from the corner with 5 seconds left. The ball went out of bounds off an LSU player with 2.6 seconds left, setting up the fantastic finish.KCRA 3 contributed to this report. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tSACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Ashlon Jackson\u2019s 3-pointer at the buzzer lifted third-seeded Duke to an 87-85 win over No. 2 seed LSU in the Sweet 16 of the women\u2019s NCAA Tournament<\/a> at Golden 1 Center on Friday night.<\/p>\n Jackson\u2019s shot from the wing right<\/a> in front of Duke\u2019s bench rolled around the rim before dropping in, setting off a wild celebration by the Blue Devils. She caught the ball on the wing and after faking LSU defender Flau\u2019Jae Johnson put up the shot.<\/p>\n Duke (27-8) will face top-seeded UCLA in the Elite Eight of Sacramento 2 Region on Sunday. The Bruins beat Minnesota<\/a> in the other regional semifinal.<\/p>\n LSU (29-6) had rallied from an 11-point deficit to go ahead on two free throws by Mikaylah Williams with 9.2 seconds left.<\/p>\n Taina Mair missed a 3-pointer from the corner with 5 seconds left. The ball went out of bounds off an LSU player with 2.6 seconds left, setting up the fantastic finish.<\/p>\n KCRA 3 contributed to this report. <\/p>\n See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | Download our app<\/a> | Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Buzzer-beating 3 sends Duke past LSU 87-85 in Sweet 16 of March Madness in Sacramento ALCOHOL IN THE…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2820,108110,4472,42840,8010,23324,3317,15722,19355,20730,9591,18158,121,123,122,9018,5250,35237,104288,47647,108111,108064],"class_list":["post-240425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-app","tag-ashlon-jackson","tag-ball","tag-blue-devils","tag-center","tag-duke","tag-friday-night","tag-front","tag-lsu","tag-march-madness","tag-ncaa","tag-no","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-second","tag-shot","tag-sweet","tag-sweet-16","tag-tigers","tag-wing-right","tag-womens-tournament"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBy DOUG FEINBERG\/ AP Basketball Writer
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