Gallery: Women’s basketball season ends at Elite Eight with loss to Mississippi State
By Axel Lopez
March 26, 2018 6:33 p.m.
Senior forward Monique Billings and junior guard Japreece Dean greet each other during the presentation of the starting lineups.
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Redshirt junior forward Lajahna Drummer battles for a rebound with Mississippi State guard Victoria Vivians.
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Junior guard Kennedy Burke crashes the weak side to snag an offensive rebound.
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Teaira McCowan goes right at Billings on her way to basket. The Mississippi State center finished the night with 23 points.
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The Mississippi State bench was fired up all night as they fought for their second straight Final Four appearance.
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Bulldogs’ guard Blair Schaefer, who went 3-of-3 from beyond the arc, draws a charge against Drummer.
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McCowan hauls in one of her game-high 21 rebounds.
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Billings reaches back and beats Vivians to add to one of her six rebounds of the night.
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Playing in their first Elite Eight since 1999, the Bruins were relentless in their attempt to complete the late comeback.
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Senior guard Jordin Canada attacks Bulldogs’ guard Jazzmun Holmes. Canada closed out her final collegiate game with 23 points, eight rebounds and five assists.
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Billings struggled early on, but continued to fight, logging 12 points and six rebounds in her last contest as a Bruin.
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After the comeback effort fell short, reality set in for the Bruins as their historic run had come to an end just shy of the Final Four.
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Freshman forward Michaela Onyenwere gets stuck between two Bulldogs, but still manages to come away with the basketball.
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Billings had problems with the 6-foot-7-inch McCowan all night, but never backed down from her size and strength.
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Onyenwere stands staring at the scoreboard as the game comes to an end. She played 16 minutes in her first career Elite Eight appearance, logging 8 points.
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Battling a left arm injury, Canada gave the Bruins everything she had down the stretch, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the high-powered Bulldogs.
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