UConn got its biggest win of the season by beating LSU at the Civic Center.

The Huskies took a lead when Sylvia Fowles went to the bench in the first half with foul trouble. In Fowles's absence, Charde Houston went crazy, scoring repeatedly in the paint. Houston ended with 22 points and 14 boards off the bench.

"You get tired of leaving the gym crying because you wished you played harder," Houston said. "We came together and won."

Down the stretch, UConn got shaky and allowed LSU to fight back and tie the game with 27 seconds left. But the Tigers had burned all of their timeouts to get back to even, and once they got there, the players didn't seem to know what to do.

A botched press left Houston wide open under the UConn basket, which led to a (phantom?) foul and a one-point Husky lead. LSU had another chance to win the game, but Seimone Augustus — who had a rough shooting night — took a wild desperation baseline fadeaway when there was still plenty of time on the clock.

"The shot was a bad shot," Augustus said.

“I want to credit Connecticut for their ability to force us into a halfcourt offense situation where we were not mentally disciplined to hold true to what we wanted to do coming out of the locker room,” said coach Pokey. “I thought they made us rush ... not many teams have forced us to do that.”