(AP) DULUTH, Ga. - Merideth Marsh and Hannah Tuomi each scored 17 points and Vanderbilt made up for an embarrassing regular-season loss by beating No. 21 LSU 63-61 in the Southeastern Conference tournament on Friday night.
Marsh, who made 87 percent of her free-throw attempts in the regular season, made only 1 of 5 in the final 2:12, including two misses with 3.3 seconds remaining.
Allison Hightower's last-second attempt from near midcourt wasn't close, ending LSU's hopes of playing in its ninth straight semifinal.
LSU held Vanderbilt to its lowest points total in school history on Feb. 18 when it beat the Commodores 55-39 in Baton Rouge, La.
Vanderbilt (22-9) will face No. 4 Tennessee, the top seed, in Saturday's first semifinal.
Hightower led LSU (20-9) with 24 points. Katherine Graham added 10.
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