LSU cheerleaders helped out during the Tigers’ national semifinal matchup against Virginia Tech on Friday night.
In the first quarter, Hokies player Cayla King’s shot bounced off and caught on top of the backboard. The ball ended up in an awkward position, but the cheerleaders displayed their incredible athletic skills to push the ball off the backboard and back to the ground.
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Angel Reese, #10, and Flau’jae Johnson, #4 of the LSU Lady Tigers, react after the 79-72 win over the Virginia Tech Hokies during the Final Four semifinal game of the 2023 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament in the American Airlines Center on March 31, 2023, in Dallas, Texas. (Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
The fans in Dallas gave a roar to the cheerleaders as play was allowed to resume.
Alexis Morris and Angel Reese would help lead the Tigers to defeat the No. 1-seeded Virginia Tech Hokies, 79-72, to advance to the program’s first national title game.
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Morris had 27 points and Reese added 24 in the win.
Angel Reese, number 10 of the Louisiana State Tigers, reacts after the semifinals of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament Final Four at American Airlines Center on March 31, 2023 in Dallas, Texas. (Photos by Ben Solomon/NCAA via Getty Images)
«I’m never satisfied. I’m super excited that we won, but I’m hungry,» Morris said. «Like, I’m greedy. I want to win it all so I can complete the story.»
Reese added: «It’s like a dream. I still don’t realize I’m in the Final Four. I don’t even believe it right now. It’s crazy how much my life has changed in a year.»
LSU coach Kim Mulkey will once again coach a team in the national championship, this time against Iowa, which bested South Carolina in the other national semifinal. Mulkey won three national titles in four Final Four appearances with Baylor.
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Angel Reese, #10 of the LSU Lady Tigers, faces off against Elizabeth Kitley, #33 of the Virginia Tech Hokies, during the first half of the semifinal game of the Final Four of the 2023 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament at the American Airlines Center on March 31, 2023. in Dallas, Texas. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)
«I came home for a lot of reasons,» Mulkey said. «One, someday hang a championship banner at the PMAC (Pete Maravich Assembly Center). Never, ever think you’re going to do something like that in two years.»
Associated Press contributed to this report.