ALBANY, N.Y. — Flau’jae Johnson ran to the LSU bench, throwing her fist against her chest and shouting in celebration with her teammates.
Standing at just 5’9”, she’d just deflected a shot attempt from 6’4” UCLA forward Angela Dugalić in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter to all but seal the Tigers’ win and a berth in the Elite Eight. But that wasn’t her only big moment of the game.
With just over a minute and a half to go in the game with LSU leading 68-67, Johnson was on UCLA star guard Kiki Rice. Fighting through a screen as Rice drove to the basket, Johnson stayed
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