In a setback for several of the NCAA’s top basketball teams Thursday night, No. 6 LSU barely clung to their perfect season, although No. 16 Tennessee pushed the Tigers to the brink with an 89-87 victory. . battle of conferences.
The SEC’s rising parity was on full display as stars Jewel Spear and Talaysia Cooper scored 25 and 24 points, respectively, in an attempt to quell their surging momentum. tennessee The sides are on top.
Although the Vols trailed throughout the game after LSU led by nine in the first quarter, Tigers junior Kaylin Gilbert cemented it with a wild last-second performance Louisiana State University Victory bucketShe scored 22 points off the bench.
Louisiana State University senior Anissa Moro She also performed well, scoring 23 points and grabbing 21 rebounds, her 16th double-double in the NCAA and her second 20+ point, 20+ rebound performance this season.
LSU is currently 18-0 and one of only three Division I college basketball programs to be undefeated this season, along with No. 1 UCLA and No. 9 Ohio State Stay undefeated together.
Seven teams in the NCAA’s top 25 lost Thursday
LSU’s win over Tennessee is just one of them seven The top-ranked teams in NCAA basketball will come to a close on Thursday night. No. 5 Texas defeated No. 18 Alabama 84-40, while No. 19 North Carolina and No. 24 Cal each pulled off upsets over No. 14 DU. Grammar University and No. 21 North Carolina State University.
Unranked teams also did their damage in the top 25, with Illinois beating No. 23 Iowa and Mississippi State beating No. 81 in a 95-68 rout of No. 2 South Carolina on Sunday. bounced back by knocking off No. 10 Oklahoma State. 77.
That said, No. 13 Georgia Tech suffered its worst loss after seeing their undefeated season evaporate. 105-94 A double overtime loss to unranked Virginia Tech.
Yellow Jackets junior Kara Dunn had a game-leading 33-point, 10-rebound double-double and teammate Tonie Morgan scored 28 points to keep Georgia Tech in a back-and-forth game Stay alive in the fight.
However, Virginia Tech’s entire starting lineup scored 17-plus points, not to mention a suffocating defense in the final seconds, allowing them to outscore Georgia Tech 13-2 in the second overtime and ultimately win. The Hokies won.
NCAA basketball weekend filled with frustrating potential
This weekend, 23 NCAA ranked teams will face unranked opponents, and although the only ranked pairings are highly anticipated Top 5 games, the potential for upsets is high.
The SEC will once again take center stage on Sunday when No. 5 Texas takes on defending national champion No. 2 South Carolina.
Defender before tense game Harmon Road Promises the Longhorns “will make sure this is a knockdown, stalling game.”
“It’s going to be a battle and we look forward to it,” South Carolina head coach said Dawn Staleyreferencing her team’s tough conference slate.
How to watch the top NCAA basketball games this weekend
No. 5 Texas will visit No. 2 South Carolina on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET, live on ESPN.
