Booker Leads No. 1 Texas Past No. 9 Lsu 56-49, Setting Up Rematch With South Carolina For Sec Title

Madison Booker scored 25 points, and No. 1 Texas held on to beat ninth-ranked LSU 56-49 on Saturday night to advance to the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship game.

The Longhorns will face fifth-ranked South Carolina, which beat No. 10 Oklahoma 93-75 earlier in the day.

Texas 31-2 lost to South Carolina 67-50 on Jan. 12 in Columbia, but avenged that defeat last month with a 66-62 victory in Austin. Texas has not lost since, rattling off 15 consecutive wins.

LSU 28-5, already playing without star Flau'Jae Johnson due to a shin injury, lost their other star player Aneesah Morrow to a left ankle injury in the third quarter. Morrow, who scored a school tournament-record 36 points in Friday night's 101-87 win over Florida, had to be helped off the court after stepping on an opponent's foot.

She returned to the LSU bench in the fourth quarter with a boot on her left foot.