UCLA’s foul trouble could give LSU the edge

UCLA’s foul trouble is one thing to monitor in the Sweet 16 clash.

The 2024 NCAA women’s basketball tournament has been a lot of fun and there are five Pac-12 teams remaining in the field as the Sweet 16 begins.

Perhaps the biggest matchup of them all is UCLA against LSU, and we have examined a number of storylines entering the game.

Will Rosenblatt of LSU Wire touched on the Bruins’ foul troubles and how that could pay a huge dividend for LSU:

LSU plays an aggressive and physical style of basketball. Opponents don’t always know how to handle it which can put them in foul trouble.

We saw it in LSU’s win over Middle Tennessee, where the entire Blue Raider starting lineup was in foul trouble by the third quarter.

UCLA could prove to be a good matchup for LSU here. This Bruins team can get foul-happy at times. UCLA ranks just 222nd in fouls per game and 268th in foul rate. That’s still better than last year, where the same UCLA team ranked 339th nationally in foul rate.

Angel Reese and LSU take on Lauren Betts and UCLA on Saturday in Albany. If the Bruins can avoid foul trouble, they have a good chance of walking away with the win.