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BLOG: Strong Start, Strong Finish Push Lady Lions To Sweet 16

March 26, 2014

By Tyler Feldman, GoPSUsports.com Student Staff Writer

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Starting games strong and finishing games strong has been a focal point all season long for Penn State women's basketball head coach Coquese Washington.

Last night the No. 3 seed Lady Lions (24-7) listened and executed. Penn State played a well-balanced and full 40 minutes to chomp the No. 11 seed Florida Gators (20-13), 83-61, at the Bryce Jordan Center to advance to the Sweet 16 for the 13th time in the program history.

"One of the things that has been really good about this team is that they embrace and play in the moment," said Washington. "So tonight, I think they were really focused on executing the game plan."

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