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

Lauren Betts had 17 points and seven rebounds despite spending the entire second quarter on the bench, and top overall seed UCLA reached its first Final Four of the women’s NCAA Tournament with a 72-65 victory over LSU.

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.

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