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Jasmine Carson, LSU’s red-hot first half vs. Iowa prompts high praise on social media
By Ethan Stone
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Jasmine Carson was perfect to start LSU’s national championship bid against Iowa Sunday. LSU, in turn, was about as close to perfect as you can get, jumping to a 59-42 lead at the half.
The Tigers (and Hawkeyes) suffered from some iffy foul calls early, but that didn’t stop them from breaking an NCAA Tournament record for most points scored in a first half. The Tigers dropped 59 points on the Hawkeyes on a blistering 58% from the field and 9 made 3-pointers on 12 attempts. LSU is cooking.
LSU’s 59 points is now the most scored in a women’s final four in the first half.#NationalChampionship x @LSUwbkb
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) April 2, 2023
Carson has been unbelievable to start. Not a single soul would have predicted Carson, who averages 2.2 points per game and has not scored in 3 games, to have 21 first half points on 7-7 shooting.
Carson even made the following bucket to end the first 20 minutes of play. The bank is open!
JASMINE CARSON ARE YOU SERIOUS⁉️
BANK SHOT AT THE BUZZER FOR A 21-POINT HALF! pic.twitter.com/H4fDyBOPzH
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 2, 2023
Fans couldn’t believe what they were seeing from the Tigers Sunday afternoon. And even though there are still 20 minutes remaining, it feels like LSU is unstoppable if they do even half of what they were able to in the first half.
Check out some of the best reactions to Carson’s improbable first half below:
Jasmine Carson in that half pic.twitter.com/rkd8iFpnNK
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) April 2, 2023
When they asked Jasmine Carson about Caitlin Clark pic.twitter.com/0xL5hmLOeQ
— Jasmine (@JasmineLWatkins) April 2, 2023
LSU boosters to Jasmine Carson after this game pic.twitter.com/7OaLk5Tqnz
— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) April 2, 2023
Entering today, Jasmine Carson had scored 11 points total in the NCAA tournament.
She has 21 at the half and has not missed a shot today.
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) April 2, 2023
gotta feel sorry for the refs here, they got angel reese and caitlin clark out of the game so they could have the spotlight to themselves then jasmine carson showed up
— ugh (@838_carlisle) April 2, 2023
Iowa’s Defense trying to stop Jasmine Carson in #NationalChampionship: pic.twitter.com/FqNiehx6xq
— Danny Armstrong (@DArmstrong44) April 2, 2023
Jasmine Carson, from the 3pt line, in the first half. #NCAAWBB #LSUWBB #nationalchampionship pic.twitter.com/yn1oMw19D0
— Dennis Nguyen (@pastorpapi23) April 2, 2023
Jasmine Carson shooting pic.twitter.com/Ruhifpkphm
— br_betting (@br_betting) April 2, 2023
JASMINE CARSON WENT OFF IN THE FIRST HALF ? @LSUwbkb
? 21 PTS
? 7-7 FG
? 5-5 3-PT FG pic.twitter.com/JN3KS0fOXN— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) April 2, 2023
JASMINE CARSON!!!!! FLAMETHROWER ACTIVATED!!!
Goodness Grief!!! ?????? pic.twitter.com/jFyCcsJUe8— Ron Slay (@TheRonSlay) April 2, 2023
JASMINE CARSON SAID CAITLIN WHO
— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) April 2, 2023
Ethan Stone is a Tennessee graduate and loves all things college football and college basketball. Firm believer in fouling while up 3.
