Playing on the road for only the third time in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Louisiana Tech fell to UC Santa Barbara 57-56 in Austin, Texas.
Louisiana Tech's hopes of its 14th final four appearance were stopped by UC-Santa Barbara's Jess Hansen hit a 17-footer with 1.1 seconds remaining to lift the Gauchos in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Hansen's heroics came after Tech's Cheryl Ford missed the front end of a one-and-one with 8.9 seconds left in the game and the Lady Techsters leading by one.
The game-winning shot completed a strong second half come back by UCSB who trailed by as many as 13 in the second half. Tech led 45-32 with 12:04 remaining but went cold from the field, hitting only four of its last 19 shots in the game while being outscored 25-11.
The loss by the Lady Techsters marked only the third time in the program's history a Tech team had not advanced past the first round.