BATON ROUGE, La. — Middle Tennessee women's basketball took it on the chin early, but showed resiliency in the Pete Maravich Athletic Center on Friday afternoon, coming from 18-points down to defeat Louisville 71-69 in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament. The win is MTSU's first in the tournament since 2007.
The No. 11 seed Lady Raiders (30-4) were punched in the mouth early, with the No. 6 Cardinals (24-10) dominating the first quarter 28-12, including a 12-0 run that was finally broken up when Jalynn Gregory was fouled on a three-point attempt and made all three free throws.