NCAA 2025 Women’s Tournament: South Carolina survives, North Carolina takes LSU

A 2025 Women’s Tournament NCAA Senten on Friday with the first day of Sweet 16 Action.

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Duke The day began with an ancient defensive speech, as the second seeded blue devils strangled the third sowing Northern Carolina. After that No. 1 seeds Southern Carolina Continue its title protection when GameCocks returned to avoid upset mood Maryland.

Now the third sowing Louisiana’s state Trying to make your third straight Elite Eight Found but have to go through number 2 North Carolina State To get.

The main seed in the NCAA Women’s Tournament Uclacloses the night with a match against Ole Miss As Bruins are trying to return to Elite 8 for the first time since 2018.

Here are all the biggest points with 1 -day Sweet 16:

№ 3 seeds Lsu Fight No. 2 seeds NC State

Lsu and NC State They made another game forward and “Wolfpack”, which leads at 40-36 at the break. In the first quarter, the “tigers” were for 11 points, but the wolf was reflected to take the first preference in the game in the second quarter. Zamareya jones He got out of the bench to the pace of NC with 11 points.

Southern Carolina survives frighten from Maryland Go to the fifth straight elite of eight

MAILESIA FULWILEIA Scored 23 points, including a layout for a sheep with 2:22, and Chloe Keats Added 15 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 1 South Carolina won fourth sowing Maryland 71-67 Friday at Sweet 16 NCAA Women’s Tournament.

Defensive National Champion GameCocks went back and forth with Terrapins all the game before finally do enough in the last few minutes to give up.

Southern Carolina Will face Duke In the elite eight on Sunday. Earlier on Friday, the Blue Devils won the conference of the Atlantic coast of the North Carolina 47-38.

The Dawn Staley team delayed 60-59, and 3:25 left before the content Maryland Without this point for the next three minutes. The start of Fulvili started running 7-0, which gave GameCocks (33-3) just a pillow.

Keats added three penalty throws during SPURT, and Fulvi scored on the coast.

GameCocks increased by 66-60 if left 25 seconds if Saylor PoffenBarger ended the drought of Maryland 3-pointer.

But Terps could not approach, as GameCocks made five of six penalty shots, including two Fulvili with 10.9 seconds, which made 71-65.

Kaylen Smikle Scored 17 points to head Maryland (25-8) before leaving.

In the first three quarters, no team can get into the abusive flow. South Carolina reached 43-39 late in the third before closing the period with 13-7 mileage, which was limited by the entertaining transition basket of Fulvili, who followed her back and then hit the shot.

Both teams met once in the NCAA tournament, winning 86-75 for South Carolina in Elite Eight in 2023.

South Carolina avoided becoming the first defense champion to lose this wound in the tournament because Louisville beat Britney Grinner and Baylora in 2013 at Sweet 16.

Duke shoots a competitor UnC for a trip to the elite eight

Awi She recorded her third double in the season to head the ACC Duke champion past North Carolina 47-38 on Friday and Elite Eight of the NCAA Women’s Tournament.

“Blue Devils” will make their 12th elite eight performances in the history of the program and play either seeds # 1, and defend the South Carolina champion, or from the fourth sowing of Maryland, which were to play later on Friday in Birmingham.

Okananva scored 10 of his 12 points in the first half together with 10 rebounds from the Duke’s bench, which received 26 points from the bench compared to the six northern Carolina. Ashlon Jackson ended with 10 points and Toby FournierThis season, the leading scorer of the Duke, who missed the second round with the disease, was held up to three points.

Senior Fifth Year Alice Ustby There were nine points on 3 out of 10 firing for Tar Heels, who did not try to move to the first elite 8 since 2014.

No team shot the ball. The Duke fired 31%, missing his first nine field goals. North Carolina left the field 28%.

Part of this could be out of dating. The teams played each other for the second time this season less than a month ago. This week, North Carolina Cortney Banghart’s coach said he was in comparison with the team they were just playing.

But these were also the two major defense in the country that went to it, forcing the turn, false shots and desperate lifts at the end of the hour at the beginning of the game.

It was the first meeting in the NCAA tournament between the two teams that played each other 111 times. North Carolina still contains a light 56-55 edge.

No. 5 Seeds Ole Miss Against No. 1 seeds Ucla

Reporting by Associated Press

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