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Tennessee Ready to Defend Title

Lady Vols squeak by LSU Lady Tigers

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(Newser) – The Tennessee Lady Vols are on their way to yet another NCAA national championship game, this time as defending champions. Alexis Hornbuckle made just one basket the entire game, but it couldn’t have come at a better time as she hit the game-winner with 0.7 seconds left on the clock to lift the Lady Vols over the LSU Lady Tigers, 47-46.

Tennessee seeks its eighth national title, while LSU heads home after losing their fourth-straight Final Four game. Candace Parker led the Vols with 13 points and 15 rebounds.  Sylvia Fowles was the top-scorer for the Tigers with 24, more than half the team’s total points. Tennessee will now face No. 2 seed Stanford after the Cardinal's upset the UConn Huskies yesterday, 82-73.

Tennessee's Alexis Hornbuckle, center, celebrates in front of LSU's Quianna Chaney (15) as time runs out in Tennessee's 47-46 win over LSU in their NCAA women's Final Four game Sunday night.
Tennessee's Alexis Hornbuckle, center, celebrates in front of LSU's Quianna Chaney (15) as time runs out in Tennessee's 47-46 win over LSU in their NCAA women's Final Four game Sunday night.   (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Players on the LSU bench watch the action late in the second half of an NCAA women's basketball tournament Final Four semifinal game against Tennessee Sunday night.
Players on the LSU bench watch the action late in the second half of an NCAA women's basketball tournament Final Four semifinal game against Tennessee Sunday night.   (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
Tennessee's Alexis Hornbuckle (14) and Candace Parker leave the floor after a 47-46 win over LSU in their NCAA women's Final Four basketball tournament semifinal Sunday night.
Tennessee's Alexis Hornbuckle (14) and Candace Parker leave the floor after a 47-46 win over LSU in their NCAA women's Final Four basketball tournament semifinal Sunday night.   (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
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