Tampa, Fla. ? With points in short supply, Alexis Hornbuckle made her only two count.
It was just enough to put defending champion Tennessee back into the title game.
Hornbuckle’s putback with seven-tenths of a second left lifted the Lady Vols to a 47-46 victory over LSU in Sunday night’s national semifinal. It was the lowest scoring game in Final Four history.
“I couldn’t make a shot all night, but honestly, that was the only one that mattered,” Hornbuckle said. “I just wanted to stay positive, and I crashed the boards and looked up, and I said I didn’t want to pull this down, with my luck I might as well try to tip it in. And luckily it went in.”
Stanford 82, Connecticut 73
Tampa, Fla. – Candice Wiggins refused to let Stanford lose to Connecticut.
The Cardinal star continued her electrifying run through the NCAA Tournament, scoring 25 points and grabbing 13 rebounds as Stanford shocked Connecticut.
Back in the Final Four for the first time in 11 years, the Cardinal (35-3) avenged an early-season loss to the Huskies (36-2).
“We grouped before the game, and we said: ‘Let’s see how much better we’ve gotten,'” Wiggins said.
