BATON ROUGE, La. — Katherine Graham made two free throws with 7.9 seconds remaining and LSU slipped past No. 18 Tennessee 63-61 on Thursday night.
LaSondra Barrett led LSU with 18 points while Allison Hightower had 14. Tennessee's Angie Bjorklund led all scorers with 21 points.
LSU, trying to build its NCAA tournament resume, improved to 16-9 and 9-4 in the Southeastern Conference with its fourth straight win.
Tennessee (19-9, 8-5) lost for the third time in its past four games.
LSU went up by 18 points late in the first half and led 35-20 at halftime, but Tennessee rallied with a 12-0 run. The Lady Volunteers tied the game three times in the second half but never led.
Tennessee had a chance to tie in the closing seconds, but LSU's Kristen Morris tied up Tennessee's Glory Johnson with 0.3 seconds remaining.
Morris inbounded to Barrett on the alternating possession to end the game.
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