LSU doubled up Howard. Fowles had 18 and 14 despite playing less than half the game.

In the process, she scored her 1000th point. “She is such a tremendous athlete around the basket,” Howard coach Cathy Parson said. “I thought she did a great job. She has great hands. Everything that came to her she finished. It was very difficult to contain her because once she got the ball, there was no answer for her.”