GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Louisiana State 73, Hawaii 50
By BRETT MARTEL
AP Sports Writer
BATON ROUGE, La. - Angel Reese had 34 points and 15 rebounds - her 29th double-double this season - and third seeded LSU defeated No. 14 seed Hawaii 73-50 in the first round of the women's NCAA Tournament.
Flau'Jae Johnson scored 10 for LSU (29-2), which raced to a double-digit lead in the first quarter and maintained a comfortable lead most of the way.
The Tigers advanced to a second-round match-up on with sixth seeded Michigan (23-9), a 71-59 winner over 11 seed UNLV earlier.
Reese, an All-America forward, was a force in the paint, as usual, and also was effective defending on the perimeter. She was 13 of 20 shooting, hit 8 of 12 free throws and also had three blocks and three steals.
LSU outscored Hawaii 44-16 in the paint and outrebounded the Rainbow Wahine 40-33.
Kallin Spiller and Daejah Phillips each scored 13 for Hawaii (18-15) which was held 10 points below its average scoring total for the season. Lily Wahinekapu scored 11 for the Rainbow Wahine.
BIG PICTURE
Hawaii: Were held to 31% (16 of 52) shooting overall and made just seven of 32 attempts from 3-point range.
LSU: Reese grabbed six of her rebounds on the offensive end, helping LSU score 17 second-chance points. ... The Tigers won comfortably despite missing 13 of 14 3-point shots. ... LSU has now gone 55-8 since three-time national champion coach Kim Mulkey left Baylor to coach the Tigers before the 2021-22 season.
March 17, 2023
| Hawaii | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| K. Spiller | F | 32 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 3-7 | 0-5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| I. Perez | F | 29 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 4-9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| M. McBee | G | 38 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 2-9 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| L. Wahinekapu | G | 37 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 1-7 | 1-6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| K. Imai | G | 14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| D. Phillips | 30 | 2-8 | 9-10 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | |
| N. Orji | 12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| A. Thoms | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| M. Haire | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 201 | 16-52 (.308) |
11-12 (.917) |
7-32 (.219) |
13-33 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 50 | |
| LSU | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Reese | F | 36 | 13-20 | 8-12 | 0-0 | 6-15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 34 |
| L. Williams | F | 33 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| A. Morris | G | 34 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| F. Johnson | G | 32 | 3-8 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| J. Carson | G | 13 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| K. Poole | 21 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 1-6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| L. Poa | 17 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| S. Smith | 9 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| E. Ward | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| A. Bartlett | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| I. Besselman | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| A. Williams | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 27-62 (.435) |
18-25 (.720) |
1-14 (.071) |
17-40 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 73 | |
Officials: Brenda Pantoja, Metta Christensen, Ty Bills
Attendance: 8,608
