With Lauren Betts and Gabriela Jaquez leading the way, UCLA avenges its loss to LSU in the NCAA tournament last year in a 72-65 win to advance to the Final Four.

Lauren Betts scores 17 despite sitting the entire second quarter, Gabriela Jaquez adds 18 and Timea Gardiner finishes with 15 as the Bruins defeat LSU 72-65 to advance to the Final Four, where

After an Elite Eight exit in the 2023-34 college basketball season, Flau'Jae Johnson and the LSU Tigers were looking for a different ending this time around. However, Lauren Betts and No. 1 overall seed UCLA Bruins proved to be too much, taking to No. 3 LSU 72-65 in the Elite Eight, ending their NCAA Tournament the same way.

When asked if she had an answer for whether she return to LSU or declare for the WNBA Draft, star Flau'Jae Johnson gave no indication. "I don't know," Johnson said, per ESPN's Kevin Pelton. Johnson, who has been with LSU her entire three-year career,

Kim Mulkey has certainly established herself as one of the most polarizing coaches in college basketball. Regardless of what fans and critics say, though, no one can deny that she has transformed LSU into perennial NCAA Tournament contenders.

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Here's what Kim Mulkey said after LSU women's basketball was eliminated from the NCAA Tournament in the Elite Eight