SPOKANE, Wash. - The LSU women's basketball team started fast in their Sweet 16 match-up with NC State on Friday night at the Spokane Arena but the Wolfpack used perimeter shooting to retake the lead 40-36 at the half.NC State outscored LSU 25-13 in the second quarter to trim LSU's first quarter le ad of 23-15 after the ten minutes of play.Flaujae Johnson has yet to score a point in the first half as she played fifteen minutes of actionLSU is looking to make it back to the Elite Eight to face the winner of UCLA and Ole Miss on Sunday. The Tigers were led by Anneesah Morrow who was two of three from behind the arc and Sa'Myah Smith who scored the teams first six points of the game and finished the quarter with eight.LSU took a 21-10 lead over the Wolfpack on a Murrow three pointer, their largest lead of the quarter.The Tigers made history in the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament, becoming just the second team ever to record back-to-back 100-point games in the tournament's history.LSU shot a season-high 56.2 percent from the field against FSU en route to their 101-71 victory over the Seminoles. NC State beat up on Michigan State in the Round of 32, defeating the Spartans 83-49. The Wolfpack set a program record with 15 made 3-pointers in the matchup. This is the second time this season the Tigers and Wolfpack will face off. LSU defeated NC State by 17 points in the championship game of the Baha Mar Pink Flamingo Championship in the Bahamas in November.Permalink| Comments ...read more read less