Tuesday night's shooting performance won't hang in the Louvre, but one undeniably beautiful fact emerged from USF's 58-48 victory against the North Texas Mean Green in the American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament semifinals at Dickies Arena.
The No. 3-seeded Bulls (22-10) are 40 minutes away from an AAC championship and the program's 10th NCAA Tournament bid.
USF faces the No. 9-seeded and defending AAC champion Rice Owls, a 67-49 semifinal winner against Temple, in Wednesday night's title game (ESPNU, 7 p.m. EST) that carries an automatic NCAA berth.
The Bulls swept Rice during the regular season, capturing a 74-64 decision on Dec.