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Angel Reese starred and talked trash as her Tigers held Caitlin Clark and Iowa at bay in a 102-85 victory.

“She is the plan,” Morris said. “Obviously the transfer portal was good to us at L.S.U.,” Mulkey said. “Coach Mulkey is the GOAT. “The biggest thing is it’s really special, I don’t think it’s going to set in for me for quite some time,” Clark, a junior, said. Then Griner was arrested in Russia one year ago, charged with carrying a vape cartridge with hashish oil, and the United States government ruled that she had been wrongfully detained. But I’m glad she’s back.” She added: “I’m glad she’s safe, she’s sound. The Tigers led a 3-point barrage, anchored by Carson, who made five in the first half to help build a 17-point halftime lead. when Johnson knocked down the first of the Tigers’ three baskets from 3-point range in the first quarter. “When your two seniors have to sit on the bench, those two women didn’t deserve that. championship is Mulkey’s fourth as a head coach, moving her to third on the career list. The Tigers’ 102 points were the most in a Division I women’s title game. Iowa’s 85 was the most in a loss.

LSU-Iowa title game reveals women getting the same kind of treatment male athletes get, with every game detail parsed over and picked apart.

“I have all the screenshots of what everybody has said about me all season. They’re invested in the way they’ve traditionally been in men’s sports. The point is, people are invested in a way they’ve never been before. The only thing more egregious was LSU coach Kim Mulkey not being called for a technical for contact with an official. These are the types of debates that rage white-hot after every significant, and some not-so-significant, event in men’s sports. Was this game part of an [on-the-job training program for officials](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/2023/04/02/lsu-women-dominate-iowa-win-first-ncaa-basketball-championship/11589505002/)? For sure LSU’s win would have been drowned out by the endless comparisons and analysis of the teams playing for the men’s title. “Twitter is going to go on a rage every time, and I'm happy. “My past five years here, I've seen the game grow more than I ever thought it could. Or [Aaron Rodgers](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2021/12/08/aaron-rodgers-not-worried-retribution-i-own-you-comments/6441039001/). [Angel Reese really diss Caitlin Clark](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/2023/04/02/caitlin-clark-taunted-angel-reese-during-lsu-championship-win/11589919002/)? There are all kinds of reasons why, and that’s a debate for another day.

The Tigers fended off Iowa 102-85 in the women's national championship basketball game.

[smashing viewership records](https://twitter.com/ESPNPR/status/1642297089672589313?s=20) – part of a surging interest in women's college basketball in recent years. [most points in a tournament](https://twitter.com/CBSSports/status/1642651474894413825?s=20), 191, smashing the 177-point record set by Sheryl Swoopes in 1993. Some nosebleed prices for the men's championship game on Monday were going for lower than $50 on Ticketmaster on Sunday night. On the secondary market, the lowest cost for a single ticket for the final women's game was [just under $400](https://www.nola.com/sports/lsu/womens_basketball/ticket-prices-for-lsu-iowa-national-championship-jump/article_8f541656-d0d6-11ed-83a2-7fb0a63f33b8.html), before taxes and fees, on the day before the game. (And the first to do it outfitted in a flashy, sequined tiger-striped pantsuit, no less.) The 102 points the Tigers put up passed the previous record of 97 points that Texas scored against Southern California in 1986.

The hot-shooting LSU Tigers have made history, as they captured their first National Championship with a win over Iowa on Sunday, April 2.

Angel Reese picked up her 34th double-double of the season, setting the Division I record for most double-doubles in a season. LSU outrebounded Iowa and forced them into 13 turnovers. Iowa’s Caitlin Clark scored 16 in the first half, going 4-for-8 from deep. Alexis Morris finished with 21 points and added 9 assists, LaDaziah Williams had 20 while Flau’Jae Johnson had 10. The parade will begin at 6:30 p.m., while a celebration at the PMAC will get underway at 7 p.m. Angel Reese, Alexis Morris, and Kateri Poole all had two fouls and did not play much in the opening half of the game.

But a second-quarter onslaught by Jasmine Carson and the LSU bench proved too much to overcome as the Tigers secured the program's first national title in Kim ...

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I don't care to be defensive player of the year, player of the year. I was in my moment." I don't care to be All-American. I was in my bag. For those that want to speak up for what they believe in. "I don't fit the box that y'all want me to be in.

LSU star Angel Reese defended the gesture she aimed at Iowa Hawkeyes' Caitlin Clark near the end of the Tigers' first NCAA women's basketball national ...

What are you going to say now?” “Twitter can say what they want to say,” she said. “But honestly I have no idea. She’s one of the best basketball coaches of all time, and it shows. But I had a moment at the end of her game. (…) I’m looking forward to celebrating and then next season.” It was cute when Caitlin Clark did it. “Caitlin Clark is a hell of a player but I don’t take disrespect lightly,” Reese said. “And I’m happy. And that’s what I did it for tonight. For those that want to speak up for what they believe in. The gesture has sparked much debate, especially on social media.

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Regardless of the controversy — in part, because of it — this weekend was great for women’s basketball. When UNLV played Duke for the national title in 1990, Duke’s players were cast as “choirboys” while UNLV players were cast as villains and thugs. What I’ve observed over the years is that whenever you have a white star in a sport dominated by Black athletes, the white star is swathed in extra layers of praise and adulation. In the men’s basketball, trash talk and confrontation are expected and encouraged. On Sunday, Iowa clashed with an LSU team consisting of mostly Black players and a Black star in Reese. And I would be really proud of my accomplishment if I made it, won the national championship too,” Bluder said Sunday of Reese. She wasn’t going to make the same mistake she made last week when asked about rebounding against South Carolina. Reese played brilliantly as part of an overall team effort that frustrated Clark, who picked up four fouls and was called at least twice for pushing off, something she’d been allowed to get away with against South Carolina. Social media is buzzing about a gesture seen around the world when LSU star forward Angel Reese waved her hand in front of her face, stared at Iowa guard Caitlin Clark and pointed toward her ring finger. Make no mistake: Clark earned the right to talk trash. [five decades of Title IX](https://andscape.com/features/how-will-transgender-athletes-be-accommodated-by-title-ix-and-college-basketball/), a divide continues to exist between white and African American women over opportunities and perception. To her credit, Reese was unapologetic and her response went viral.

LSU's Angel Reese gave Iowa's Caitlin Clark the business in the final moments of the national championship game but basketball fans debated over whether it ...

Going into the national championship, she was averaging 23.3 points and 15. That all changed with the win over Iowa. Reese played and started each of the Tigers’ games this season. She took her game to another level when she joined LSU. Clark had made the taunt in Iowa’s Elite Eight win when she had a 40-point triple-double. With 15 points and 10 rebounds, she set an NCAA Division 1 record for most double-doubles in a single season with 34.

The faux controversy over Angel Reese's celebration only reaffirmed what we already know: The other America is hardly colorblind.

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The Iowa Hawkeyes and LSU Tigers brought in nearly 10 million viewers on Sunday night. ESPN released the figures for its ABC broadcast on Monday.