Shooting and shooting and hard play and rebounding – that is how LSU was able to win its first National Championship, over Iowa Sunday, 105-82.
Angel Reese lead the way with 15 points and 10 rebounds, while Alexis Morris scored 19 of her 21 points in the second half.
A lot of the damage that these two did came in the last two quarters, as they sat a large portion of the first half in foul trouble. Jasmine Carson kept them afloat, with 21 points in quarters 1 and 2, as she went 5-of-5 from 3-point range.
“Hard work pays off, and God is great,” Carson said. “Everybody’s journey is different, and you should just embrace your journey. I couldn’t have wanted a better ending than for it to end like this.”
This run is the culmination of second-year Tiger head coach Kim Mulkey’s leadership and recruiting, which has resulted in her fourth national championship as a head coach, with three of them coming at Baylor. They built off of the foundation last season where they went 26-6 and advanced to the second round of the Tournament as a No. 3 seed.
This year LSU finished the season at 34-2, with their only two losses coming to South Carolina in the regular season and Tennessee in the SEC Tournament. They were ranked as high as No. 3 in the AP Top 25, led…
