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Lady Lions roar as
Leon bids farewell
Louisiana Tech was shooting for its third straight trip to the Final Four. Instead, Penn State earned its first after beating the top-seeded Techsters 86-65 Monday. With the loss, which snapped the Techsters' 21-game win streak, coach Leon Barmore retires with a 520-77 record.

Penn State vs La Tech
Rashana Barnes sinks the putback.
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Penn State vs La Tech
Chrissy Falcone drills the wide open 3-pointer.
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Penn State vs La Tech
Takeisha Lewis makes the basket and draws the foul.
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REGION AT A GLANCE

ELITE EIGHT

Penn State 86, Louisiana Tech 65
After 24 years, coach Rene Portland is finally headed to the Final Four.

SWEET 16
Penn State 66, Iowa State 65 Darling notched a double-double as PSU earned its first Elite Eight bid since 1994.	Louisiana Tech 86, ODU 74 Four players scored in double-figures for La. Tech.

ROUND TWO
Old Dominion 96, Southern Methodist 76 ODU's Maiga grabbed a game-high 20 rebounds.	Louisiana Tech 66, Vanderbilt 65 Freshman Frierson wins it with last-second free throws.	Iowa State 79, Illinois 68 Sun., March 19, 9:35 p.m. ET, Ames, Iowa	Penn State 75, Auburn 69 Lady Lions reach Sweet 16 for eighth time.

ROUND ONE
SMU 64, N.C. State 63 SMU advances after a last-second free throw.	La. Tech 95, Alcorn St. 53 The Techsters had 13 steals, eight blocks.	ODU 94, Wis.-Green Bay 85 Berthieu bounces back to score 19 for ODU.	Auburn 78, SMS 74 Auburn came from behind to win its 14th straight first-round game.
Illinois 73, Utah 58 The Illini overcame the nation's top defense.	Penn St. 83, Youngstown St. 63 Penn State won its 15th straigth at Bryce Jordan Center.	Iowa State 92, St. Francis 63 Iowa State shot 53.8 percent from the field.	Vanderbilt 71, Kansas 69 (2OT) Three players scored in double-figures to lead Vandy.


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Louisiana Tech (1)	Penn State (2)
Iowa State (3)	Old Dominion (4)
North Carolina State (5)	Illinois (6)
Auburn (7)	Kansas (8)
Vanderbilt (9)	Southwest Missouri St. (10)
Utah (11)	Southern Methodist (12)
Wisconsin-Green Bay (13)	St. Francis (Pa.) (14)
Youngstown State (15)	Alcorn State (16)