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Great Moments
FINAL FOUR BOUND Bank of America Arena Seattle • March 28, 2004
LSU, No. 19 in the nation and the No. 4 seed in the West Region, knocked off top-seeded Texas, 71-55, in the Sweet 16 to advance to the school’s fourth Elite Eight. The Lady Tigers then upended SEC rival Georgia, 62-60, to advance to the program’s first NCAA Final Four. Seimone Augustus, the NCAA West Regional Most Outstanding Player, scored 16 points in the clinching game and averaged 26.3 points for the tournament.
LSU BEATS NO. 2 IMMACULATA Minneapolis, Minn. • March 25, 1977
LSU used a dominating forward-center combination to upset powerhouse Immaculata in the AIAW National Tournament in Minneapolis, Minn. Maree Jackson scored 29 points and had 19 rebounds while Julie Gross had 23 points and 11 boards to send the Lady Tigers to the national title game with a 74-68 victory. That team still holds the distinction of being the only Lady Tiger team ever to reach the national championship game of a postseason tournament.
The No. 4 seed in the 1991 SEC Tournament, LSU soared through the field for its first tournament title. The No. 12 Lady Tigers upset No. 4 Georgia before knocking off third-ranked Tennessee, 80-75, to win the crown. Tournament MVP Pokey Chatman scored 30 points and was joined by Sheila Johnson and Annette Jackson-Lowery on the all-tournament team.
DOWN GOES NO. 1 Maravich Center • Feb. 21, 1999
LSU earned its first-ever win over a No. 1-ranked team on Feb. 21, 1999, when the Lady Tigers beat top-ranked Tennessee, 72-69, in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. Katrina Hibbert converted a three-point play with 11.8 seconds left to play to seal the win.
FIVE STRAIGHT WOMEN’S FINAL FOURS New Orleans Arena • March 31, 2008
State Farm All-American Sylvia Fowles poured in 21 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to earn Most Outstanding Player honors as LSU knocked off top-seeded and second-ranked North Carolina, 56-50, in the New Orleans Regional Final. First-year LSU head coach Van Chancellor guided the Lady Tigers to their fifth straight NCAA Final Four. LSU became only the second program in NCAA Division I history to achieve the feat, joining Connecticut who did it from 2000-04.
2003 SEC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS Little Rock, Ark.• March 9, 2003
LSU avenged all three of its regular season losses with three wins over three Top 25 teams in three days to win the 2003 SEC Tournament Championship. Temeka Johnson earned tournament MVP honors, scoring 24 points in the final 78-62 win over No. 3 Tennessee. Aiysha Smith added 18 points and Seimone Augustus scored 12 points with eight boards.
14-0 IN 2005 Maravich Center • Feb. 27, 2005
No. 1 LSU defeated Florida in the final game of the 2005 season and dropped a championship banner from the rafters of the Maravich Center to celebrate the Lady Tigers’ first Southeastern Conference regular season championship. LSU rolled to the league crown with a perfect 14-0 record, marking only the 13th time an SEC school completed the schedule unblemished.
LSU STUNS UCONN Fresno, Calif. • March 26, 2007
Sylvia Fowles dominated top-seeded Connecticut to lead the Lady Tigers to its fourth consecutive Final Four with a resounding 73-50 win in Fresno, Calif. The Fresno Region’s Most Outstanding Player, Fowles scored 23 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to carry LSU into a Final Four matchup with Rutgers in Cleveland, Ohio.
SWEET 16 March 26, 2013 • LSU 71, No. 8 Penn State 66
With an active roster of only seven players, LSU returned to the Sweet 16 with a gritty 71-66 win over Penn State. Adrienne Webb pumped in a career-best 29 points on a 10-for-16 shooting performance. She swished the go-ahead three during the closing three minutes and sealed the victory with two free throws with 21 seconds remaining.
