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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Khayla Pointer capped a 26-point performance with a tiebreaking 3-pointer in the final minute, and No. 3 seed LSU rallied from 10 points down in the final 4:42 to outlast Jackson State 83-77 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Jailin Cherry scored 24 for LSU. Jackson State’s winning streak stopped at 21 and LSU prevented what was nearly the first victory by a No. 14 seed or a Southwestern Athletic Conference team in the women’s NCAA Tournament.

Miya Crump scored 21 points for Jackson State (23-7), which erased a 17-point deficit in the third quarter and pulled further ahead in the fourth.

Ameshya Williams-Holliday also had 15 points and 12 rebounds.