Courtney Williams had 17 points and 12 rebounds, Alisia Jenkins added 15 points and No. 6 seed South Florida beat 11th-seed LSU 73-64 in an NCAA Tournament first round game Saturday night.

Next up for South Florida (27-7) in the second round Monday night is No. 3 seed Louisville (26-6), which forced 38 turnovers in defeating 14th-seed BYU 86-53 earlier Saturday.

Danielle Ballard scored 17 points and DaShawn Harden had 16 for LSU (17-14).

Laura Ferreira hit consecutive 3-pointers in the opening minute of the second half to put South Florida up 44-32. Jenkins then made it 46-32 on a layup. Harden made a pair of 3's that trimmed the LSU deficit to 48-40 3 1-2 minutes into the second half.

Williams broke the South Florida record for points in a season held by Jessica Dickson (682) with a 3-pointer that extended the lead to 60-48 with 13 minutes to play.

Williams had 10 points and Jenkins contributed nine to help USF go ahead 38-32 at the break.

Ballard scored nine and Raigyne Moncrief had eight during the opening 20 minutes. Moncrief finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

TIP-INS:

South Florida: This is the Bulls third NCAA appearances and the first time hosting. ... USF has its highest seed in this year's tourney. ... Coach Jose Fernandez led the Bulls to the 2009 WNIT title.

LSU: Ballard averaged 23.3 points and 14 rebounds in three NCAA tourney games last year. ... The Tigers entered losing four of seven, including a 74-54 loss to South Carolina in the SEC tourney.

UP NEXT

LSU's season comes to an end.

South Florida, 25th in the AP rankings, will remain on its home court for Monday's game second round game with Louisville.

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