FGCU comes close, but loses 71-65 in WNIT championship

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FGCU Women’s Basketball after win on March 21.

VERMILLION, S.D. – Here’s the latest from the WNIT championship game between Florida Gulf Coast University and the University of South Dakota:

FINAL: FGCU 65, University of South Dakota 71

USD free throws – 71-62

FGCU THREE – 69-62

USD free throws – 69-59

FGCU down 67-59 with 52.9 seconds left

FGCU, USD score – 66-57 with 1:07 left

USD three – 64-55 with 1:15 left

FGCU free throws – 61-55

USD three – 61-53

USD scores – 58-53

FGCU goes 2-2 from the free throw line – 56-53

USD three – 56-51

FGCU layup – 53-51

USD layup – 53-49

FGCU THREE – 51-49

FGCU layup + 1 – 51-46

Foul, free throw extends USD lead – 48-43

Whitney Knight goes 1-2 on free throw line – 45-43

Block, layup further closes lead – 45-42

Layup closes USD lead – 45-40

End of third quarter: FGCU down 45-38

FGCU layup closes USD lead – 43-36

FGCU three pinter – 41-32

Steal, three pointer builds USD lead – 41-29

USD scores – 38-29

Layup closes USD lead 36-29

Three pointer extends UDS lead 36-27

Two pointer puts USD up 33-27

Halftime: FGCU down 31-27

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