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Cowgirls hit the wall
LSU's Fowles halts OSU's NCAA run

 
By Berry Tramel | Published: March 30, 2008    Comment on this article Leave a comment

NEW ORLEANS — With 10:45 left in the game, Oklahoma State's Danielle Green fired a pass inside that did the darndest thing.

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OSU's Andrea Riley, right, reacts as she walks back to the bench during a time-out late in the game against LSU in New Orleans on Saturday. The Cowgirls' bid for a place in the Elite Eight fell short. BRYAN TERRY, THE OKLAHOMAN

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The ball avoided the tentacles of Wonder Woman. Cowgirl Megan Byford caught the dart, turned and made a layup.

Celebration was in order. Almost three quarters into the game, OSU finally had a basket with Sylvia Fowles on the prowl.

Fowles is 6-foot-6, strong-legged and arms that seem to stretch from popcorn stand to luxury suite.

"How many girls in America look like her?” asked Cowgirl coach Kurt Budke, after sixth-ranked LSU whipped O-State 67-52 Saturday in the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16 at New Orleans Arena.

The answer is none, this side of a Mad Max movie.

In a weird matchup of superstars, Fowles and OSU point guard Andrea Riley, LSU won because its all-American disarmed Riley's teammates.

Riley scored 26 points and single-handedly tried to keep her team in the game. Fowles, pushed and shoved and rendered largely irrelevant offensively, remained the game's dominant force.

Think of Fowles as the Courtney Paris of defense.

Fowles had five blocked shots and it seemed like 15. Time after time, OSU's drivers went into the paint only to find themselves devoured in Fowles' petrified forest.

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