But in the end, UCLA showed why the Bruins have owned the No. 1 national ranking for most of the season as they held off the Tigers to win 72-65 and earn the program’s first Final Four berth at Spokane Arena on Sunday.

On Sunday, the No. 1 overall seed UCLA Bruins took on the No. 3 seed LSU Tigers in the Elite Eight in a battle with two of the biggest brands in the sport.

Betts had full confidence Jaquez would be there -- the UCLA teammates have cemented a strong two-man game and have found themselves in this situation before. But this time, the moment was bigger than ever.

UCLA won a national title in 1978 in the pre-NCAA era of women’s basketball, but this was its first NCAA regional final victory in three tries.

Lauren Betts scored 17 points despite sitting out the entire second quarter, but it was Gabriela Jaquez's 18 points that made a statement.

It was UCLA's 10th 3-pointer night -- the key to their offense against an LSU team that shut them down in the paint all night. UCLA scored just 16 in the paint after dominating that part of the floor all tournament.

The last perfect women’s NCAA Tournament has been busted. Top-seeded UCLA's 72-65 win over LSU on Sunday ended the final perfect bracket out of 3.2 million on ESPN’s bracket tracker. The final flawless brackets on the CBS Sports platform ended with TCU's 71-62 win over Notre Dame on Saturday.

Follow live coverage of today's game as LSU and UCLA square off in the Elite Eight of the women's NCAA Tournament No. 1 UCLA squares off against the 2023 women's NCAA champion LSU for a spot in the Final Four.

UCLA women's basketball's Elite Eight win vs. LSU eliminated the final perfect bracket in the ESPN Tournament Challenge