I have been posting here for years that there is an embedded sexism in the officiating in womens' basketball that stems from a philosophy that goes something like this "They are only girls. Let them play. They can't hurt each other." The problem with that is that they are bigger, faster, stronger, more athletic, and more physical than they have ever been and when the referees have that subconscious prejudice, it leads to injuries. They have to control the game, let the players know what a foul is and what isn't and disregard incidental contact but call all fouls, even slight, that affect a shot.
I thought they did that to large extent in the DePaul game. They got the play with Morrow and Lou right which was emblematic of the game. Sure, they missed some fouls and perhaps had bad judgment on others, but it is a fluid sport with 10 bodies crammed into a tight space at all different speeds so perfection isn't happening.
There is a fine line between allowing incidental physical contact and allowing all physical contact. By contrast, look at the Notre Dame game. The refs did not control that game and when you don't, it encourages more and more of the same and it's not basketball. Womens' basketball is the last vestige of the pure sport. Back doors, inside cuts, unselfish passing, motion offenses with several options, and the like. Well officiated games preserve and nurture it. Poorly officiated games diminish it.
