Lady Tigers fall to Cal in first round

WACO, Texas -- The LSU women's basketball team fell to the California Golden Bears, 55-52, here at the Ferrell Center on Baylor's campus in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday evening.

LSU closed out its season with a 20-12 record and Cal will face No. 1 seed Baylor (32-3) on Monday for the right to advance to the Oklahoma City Regional. Baylor defeated 16-seed Texas Southern, 119-30, earlier on Saturday.

"I can't express enough how important these two ladies sitting up here (Raigyne Moncrief and Alexis Hyder) are to the success of this LSU program," said head coach Nikki Fargas. "We are going to have Raigyne Moncrief back next year but Alexis Hyder is one of the toughest,…