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<\/p>\nBATON ROUGE, LA. \u2013\u00a0The No. 2 seed LSU women\u2019s basketball team defeated No. 15 Jacksonville, 116-58, in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday evening inside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.<\/p>\n
The Tigers are back in action on Sunday, March 22nd for the NCAA Tournament Second Round to face the Texas Tech-Villanova game winner. <\/p>\n
The game will tip off inside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Game time will be announced after Friday games conclude.<\/p>\n
The Tigers jumped out a 14-2 lead over the Dolphins. ZaKiyah Johnson got the scoring started with a layup followed by a 12-point streak for LSU. LSU led by as much as 31(56-25) at 3:53 in the second quarter. <\/p>\n
Despite Jacksonville\u2019s rally, they could only cut it to a 28-point deficit going into the break. LSU held the 64-36 advantage over Jacksonville at halftime. The Tigers shot 56.4 percent on 22-of-39 shots. LSU racked 17 points off of turnovers, and dominated the paint scoring 32. <\/p>\n
The Dolphins shot 45.5 percent on 15-of-33 shots from the field. LSU knocked down four treys while Jacksonville had three. The Tigers outrebounded the Dolphins 26-10. <\/p>\n
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Courtesy of LSU Tigers Women’s Basketball.<\/p>\n
LSU pushed its offensive momentum to outscore Jacksonville 52-22 in the second half. The Tigers went on a 10-point surge at the end of the game to further separate and clutch a 58-point victory. LSU shot 21-of-33 (63.6%) while Jacksonville was 9-of-29 (31%). Both teams knocked down two three-pointers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Flau\u2019Jae Johnson led the Tigers in scoring with 20 points on 7-of-14 from the field and a trey. Joining Johnson in double figure scoring were Mikaylah Williams (18), Jada Richard (17), ZaKiyah Johnson (16), MiLaysia Fulwiley (13), Grace Knox (11) and Kate Koval (11).<\/p>\n
The Dolphins were led by Carmaya Bowman with 14 points on 7-of-12 shots from the field.<\/p>\n
*This story will be updated.*<\/p>\n
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Durham
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2. LSU vs. 15. Jacksonville<\/p>\n
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