FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida — The Albany State women's basketball team built one of its finest seasons in school history with defense.
On Saturday, the Lady Rams finally found an opponent they couldn't contain.
No. 1 seed Nova Southeastern flexed its offensive muscles in a 96-69 victory in the South Region semifinals to advance to the NCAA Division II Tournament Sweet 16, ending the Lady Rams' season.
Fifth-seed ASU (22-7) had held 12 straight opponents under 70 points and entered Saturday's game with the eighth-ranked defense in the country, but host NSU pulled ahead early with a bombardment of 3-pointers and never looked back.
For Albany State, it put an end to one of its deepest postseason runs in program history.
"You have to appreciate what the girls did this year," ASU coach Robert Skinner said. "They won more than 20 games and got a region tournament win against a really good Delta State team (on Friday). But man, the difference between Delta State and Nova was night and day."
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