March Madness: UCLA will play the first Four Four in its history

The Bruins of UCLA will play the first final Four in their history after imposing themselves in Elite 8 to LSU Tigers.

Spokane, Washington-While Lauren Betts was trapped in the post, the ball passed to Gabriela Jaquez, who was unmarked, who led a triple shocking with 1:30 for playing to seal the victory of the Women’s Basketball team of UCLA by 72-65 on LSU this Sunday, thus ensuring her first classification to the Final Four in the history of the program.

It was the Triple of UCLA Bruins in the game, key to his offensive against a LSU team that kept the Bruins in the painting all night. UCLA scored only 16 points in the painting after dominating from below throughout the tournament.

However, the Bruins had 41.7% success from the perimeter, and 20 of their 24 attempts were open, according to AM850 Research. Jaquez scored four triples, his best personal brand, and led the Bruins with 18 points, with 5 of 7 in field shots, in addition to eight assists. Betts ended with 17 points, 7 of 14 in field shots and seven rebounds.

It was a round trip. The Bruins attacked first, getting a 5-2 advantage in the first three minutes. But during the last seven minutes of the period, the victory went to LSU Tigers, which surpassed UCLA by 11-2.

Betts received his second foul in the middle of the room, marking the first time he committed multiple offenses in the same room in his career. With Betts on the bench the rest of the room, UCLA left 0 of 6 in field shots and ended with a less 4.

But something changed for the Bruins in the second quarter. With Betts still on the bench, UCLA chained a streak of 14-4, with a great impulse of Timea Gardiner, who sported three triples. At the other end of the field, the base of LSU, Mikaylah Williams, lost five balls. LSU’s front, Aneesah Morrow, did everything possible to take advantage of the moments when Betts was out of the game; He sported 1 of 4 when Betts stopped her in the first quarter and 3 of 5 against the rest of the defenders. Even so, Tigers lost 31-25 at rest, registering their second lowest score in one half this season.

UCLA began the second half with another streak, expanding its advantage to 15 points. But LSU managed to reduce it to five at the end of the third quarter.

The star of LSU, Flau’jae Johnson, scored 24 of its 28 points in the second half and hilvanó a streak in the final stretch of the last quarter to help Tigers reduce a disadvantage of nine points to five. It was a round trip battle since Jaquez’s shot sentenced the game. Ucla previously won an AIAW title and appeared in two AIAW semifinals, but had never overcome the Eight elite in the NCAA era, which began in 1982.