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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Marie Ferdinand scored 22 points and LSU broke open a tight game with a second-half run in a 77-54 victory
over Liberty in the women's NCAA tournament East Regional on Friday
night.
LSU (23-6) led only 29-28 at halftime but made quick work of
Liberty (23-8) in the second half.
LSU led 34-32 with 18:42 to play when April Brown, Katrina
Hibbert and Ferdinand scored four points each and DeTrina White
added a basket in a 14-4 run that gave the Lady Tigers a 48-36 lead
with 10:19 remaining.
White later added five points from the free-throw line, Brown
chipped in with a couple of baskets and Ferdinand finished off the
25-7 burst with a steal and layup to give LSU a 59-39 lead with
6:39 to play.
LSU advanced to a Sunday night game against Stephen F. Austin,
which beat Xavier 73-72.
Ferdinand, who hit 11-of-16 shots, also had six rebounds and six
assists.
Brown finished with 18 points, eight rebounds and five assists.
LSU twice led by 10 points in the first half, but a 3-pointer by
Sharon Wilkerson gave Liberty a 24-23 lead with 3:05 left in the
half.
The lead changed hands five more times before halftime, the last
time with 36.3 seconds left when Ferdinand hit a baseline layup to
make it 29-28 at the break.
White added 13 points and Hibbert 11 for LSU.
Wilkerson led Liberty with 16 points and Elena Kisseleva chipped
in with 13.
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ALSO SEE
Womens College Basketball Scoreboard
Liberty NCAA Team Report
LSU NCAA Team Report
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