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Women's March Madness 2023: LSU Wins 1st NCAA Title: Photos

Featuring LSU rebounding star Angel Reese and Iowa 3-point shooter Caitlin Clark, it was the most-watched NCAA women's title game ever.

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LSU head coach Kim Mulkey holds the winning trophy after the NCAA Women's Final Four championship basketball game against Iowa Sunday in Dallas. LSU won 102-85 to win the championship.
LSU head coach Kim Mulkey holds the winning trophy after the NCAA Women's Final Four championship basketball game against Iowa Sunday in Dallas. LSU won 102-85 to win the championship. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

The game, featuring LSU rebounding star Angel Reese and Iowa's 3-point shooter Caitlin Clark, was the most-watched NCAA women's title game in history.

ACROSS AMERICA — Louisiana State University brought home its first basketball championship, men's or women's, under the leadership of Kim Mulkey in the NCAA Women's March Madness Basketball Tournament title game Sunday.

“I turn around and look at the Final Four banners (in the home arena), nowhere did it say national champion,” Mulkey said. “That’s what I came home to do.”

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Mulkey cried tears of joy as her team reigned supreme against Iowa with a whopping 102-85 win. The 102 points broke the previous high of 97 that Texas scored against Southern California in 1986.

About 9.9 million people tuned in Sunday to watch LSU rebounding star Angel Reese and Iowa's 3-point shooter Caitlin Clark put on a show in the title game, shattering the previous record of 5.7 million for an NCAA women's tournament game, ESPN said Monday. That record, when Connecticut won the title, had stood since 2002.

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Check out some of the best moments from the history-making March Madness game below.

LSU head coach Kim Mulkey reacts during the first half of the NCAA Women's Final Four championship basketball game against Iowa Sunday in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Iowa's Caitlin Clark shoots past LSU's Last-Tear Poa during the first half of the NCAA Women's Final Four championship basketball game Sunday in Dallas. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
LSU's Jasmine Carson reacts to a three-pointer during the first half of the NCAA Women's Final Four championship basketball game against Iowa Sunday in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Iowa's Caitlin Clark yells during the first half of the NCAA Women's Final Four championship basketball game against LSU Sunday in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
LSU's Jasmine Carson reacts to her three-pointer during the first half of the NCAA Women's Final Four championship basketball game against Iowa Sunday in Dallas. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Iowa's McKenna Warnock and LSU's Flau'jae Johnson go after a loose ball during the first half of the NCAA Women's Final Four championship basketball game Sunday in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
LSU players celebrate a last-second shot during the first half of the NCAA Women's Final Four championship basketball game against Iowa Sunday in Dallas. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
LSU's Sa'Myah Smith reacts to a three-pointer during the first half of the NCAA Women's Final Four championship basketball game against Iowa Sunday in Dallas. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
LSU head coach Kim Mulkey reacts to a final second shot during the first half of the NCAA Women's Final Four championship basketball game against Iowa Sunday in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Iowa's McKenna Warnock is stopped by LSU's Sa'Myah Smith and Flau'jae Johnson during the first half of the NCAA Women's Final Four championship basketball game Sunday in Dallas. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
In one of the most talked-about moments of the title game, LSU's Angel Reese waves one hand in front of her face in a "you can't see me" gesture and tapped her ring finger while looking pointedly at Iowa's Caitlin Clark during the second half of the NCAA women's championship basketball game Sunday in Dallas. LSU won 102-85 to win the championship. Clark had waved a hand in front of her face two games earlier when Iowa beat Louisville to enter the Final Four. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
LSU head coach Kim Mulkey celebrates with Flau'jae Johnson during the second half of the NCAA Women's Final Four championship basketball game against Iowa Sunday in Dallas. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
LSU head coach Kim Mulkey holds up the championship trophy after the NCAA Women's Final Four championship basketball game against Iowa Sunday in Dallas. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
LSU head coach Kim Mulkey holds the winning trophy after the NCAA Women's Final Four championship basketball game against Iowa Sunday in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
First Lady Jill Biden takes her seat before the start of the NCAA Women's Final Four championship basketball game between LSU and Iowa Sunday in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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