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Miami Herald
29-03-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Women's NCAA roundup: Lauren Betts lifts No. 1 UCLA to Elite Eight
Lauren Betts shot 15-for-16 from the floor on the way to 31 points as top-seeded UCLA pulled away from No. 5 Ole Miss in the second half of a 76-62 win in Spokane 1 Region play in Spokane, Wash., on Friday. Betts delivered her second consecutive 30-point-plus performance of the NCAA Tournament, doing so while matching the career high for made field goals she set in November against Colgate. Behind Betts' dominant performance on the inside, UCLA (33-2) outscored Ole Miss (22-11) in the paint 48-34. Betts also grabbed 10 rebounds and blocked three shots. Kiki Rice finished with 13 points and dished a game-high seven assists for the Bruins, who advance to face No. 3 LSU in the regional final on Sunday. Tameiya Sadler led Ole Miss with 14 points, while Kennedy Todd-Williams and KK Deans each scored 13. Todd-Williams and Christeen Iwuala each grabbed nine rebounds. No. 3 LSU 80, No. 2 NC State 73 Aneesah Morrow scored 30 points and grabbed 19 rebounds as the Tigers rallied past the Wolfpack in the semifinals of the Spokane 1 Region of the Women's NCAA Tournament in Spokane, Wash. The Tigers scored the game's final 10 points in the last two minutes. Sa'Myah Smith finished with 21 points and 11 rebounds and Mikaylah Williams added 19 points for the Tigers (31-5). LSU will play No. 1 seed UCLA in the Elite Eight on Sunday. Zoe Brooks scored 21, Zamareya Jones had 13 and Aziaha James 12 to lead the Wolfpack (28-7), whose last points came on a Brooks layup that produced a 73-70 lead. No. 1 South Carolina 71, No. 4 Maryland 67 MiLaysia Fulwiley scored 23 points off the bench and the defending champion Gamecocks prevailed against the Terrapins in the Birmingham Region 2 semifinal of the Women's NCAA Tournament. Chloe Kitts added 15 points and 11 rebounds for the top-seeded Gamecocks (33-3), who will meet second-seeded Duke in Sunday's regional final in Birmingham, Ala. The Gamecocks defeated Duke 81-70 at home on Dec. 5 as part of the ACC/SEC Challenge. Kaylene Smikle led Maryland (25-8) with 17 points, while Allie Kubek and Sarah Te-Biasu both had 12 points and Shyanne Sellers posted 10 points. Smikle and Kubek fouled out as the Terrapins were forced to commit infractions in the final minute. No. 2 Duke 47, No. 3 North Carolina 38 Oluchi Okananwa had 12 points and 12 rebounds off the bench and the Blue Devils used a stifling defense to subdue the Tar Heels in the Sweet 16 of the Women's NCAA Tournament in the Birmingham 2 Region. Ashlon Jackson scored 10 points for Duke, which won despite shooting 31 percent from the field and going 5-for-24 on 3-pointers. The Blue Devils (29-7), who've won nine in a row, will meet No. 1 seed South Carolina in Sunday's regional final. North Carolina (29-8) shot 28.3 percent for the game and 3-for-11 on 3-pointers. The Tar Heels, who committed 15 turnovers, also suffered at the free-throw line, going 5-for-10. Alyssa Ustby's nine points and 10 rebounds and Indya Nivar's eight points paced North Carolina. --Field Level Media Field Level Media 2023 - All Rights Reserved
Miami Herald
29-03-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Aneesah Morrow, LSU overtake NC State to reach Elite Eight
Aneesah Morrow scored 30 points and grabbed 19 rebounds as No. 3 seed LSU rallied past No. 2 seed N.C. State 80-73 in the semifinals of the Spokane 1 Region of the Women's NCAA Tournament on Friday in Spokane, Wash. The Tigers scored the game's final 10 points in the last two minutes. Sa'Myah Smith finished with 21 points and 11 rebounds and Mikaylah Williams added 19 points for the Tigers (31-5), who will play the winner of Friday's late regional semifinal between No. 5 seed Ole Miss and No. 1 seed UCLA in the Elite Eight on Sunday. Zoe Brooks scored 21, Zamareya Jones had 13 and Aziaha James 12 to lead the Wolfpack (28-7), whose last points came on a Brooks layup that produced a 73-70 lead. Layups from Smith and Williams, the latter with 1:07 to go, put LSU ahead 74-73. The Tigers sealed the victory by going 6-for-6 at the foul line in the last minute. Brooks made two field goals and the Wolfpack started the fourth quarter with an 8-1 run that produced a 61-58 lead. NC State twice pushed the advantage to five before Williams made consecutive layups to get the Tigers within 69-68. Brooks' jumper started the third-quarter scoring and increased the Wolfpack's lead to six points before Morrow scored nine points during a 15-3 spurt that gave the Tigers a 51-45 lead. Maddie Cox made a 3-pointer for NC State, but the Tigers rebuilt the lead to six points twice. Saniyah Rivers sank two free throws to trim the gap to 57-53 at the end of the period. Hayes made a 3-pointer to start the scoring, but Smith followed with two jumpers and a layup to start a 13-2 run that gave LSU a 13-5 lead. Madison Hayes made another 3-pointer to stop the run, but the Tigers built the lead to 11 points before holding a 23-15 advantage at the end of the first quarter. Jones made consecutive 3-pointers to pull NC State even at 25. Morrow and Smith hit back-to-back layups to give LSU a four-point lead. Jones made a 3-pointer to start a finishing push that gave the Wolfpack a 40-36 halftime lead. --Field Level Media Field Level Media 2023 - All Rights Reserved
Miami Herald
23-03-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Women's NCAA Spokane roundup: Kansas State outlasts Kentucky in overtime
Temira Poindexter hit her eighth 3-pointer of the game with 1:09 left in overtime Sunday and fifth-seeded Kansas State pulled off a mild upset, 80-79, of No. 4 Kentucky on its home floor in Lexington in a matchup of Wildcats in the Spokane 4 Region. Kentucky (23-8) had several chances to win on its last possession, the last coming when Georgia Amoore tried a short baseline floater after an inbounds pass with 3.2 seconds left. The ball rolled around the rim and fell out as time expired. Poindexter scored a game-high 24 points for Kansas State (28-7), which canned 14 of 35 3-pointers. Serena Sundell added 19 points and 14 assists, while Ayoka Lee tallied 16 points and reserve Kennedy Taylor netted 11. Clara Strack led Kentucky with 22 points, while Amoore added 18 points and six assists. Dazia Lawrence contributed 15 points, while Teonni Key chipped in 13 points and 15 rebounds. Kansas State forced overtime when Serena Sundell canned a jumper with 8.1 seconds left in regulation. It will play either USC or Mississippi State in a regional semifinal. No. 5 Ole Miss 69, No. 4 Baylor 63 Madison Scott buried a pullup jumper with 40.4 seconds left Sunday to snap a tie and the 5th-seeded Rebels ended the game with an 8-2 run to eliminate the 4th-seeded Bears on their home floor in Waco, Texas. The Rebels sealed the outcome by canning six straight free throws in the last 29.9 seconds, improving to 22-10 and earning just their third berth in a regional semifinal since 1993. They will match up with either UCLA or Richmond in the next round of the Spokane 1 Region. Sira Thienou scored 16 points for Ole Miss, while Scott added 14 and Kirsten Deans hit for 13 points. The Rebels made only 25 of 67 field goal attempts but went 17 of 21 at the foul line, grabbed 16 offensive rebounds and forced 21 turnovers. Four players scored in double figures for the Bears (28-8), led by Antoinette Vonleh with 16 points. Jada Walker added 15, while Sarah Andrews chipped in 14 points and six assists. Darianna Littlepage-Buggs came off the bench to net 10 points. --Field Level Media Field Level Media 2023 - All Rights Reserved
Reuters
22-03-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Women's NCAA Spokane 1 roundup: No. 1 UCLA thrashes Southern
March 22 - Lauren Betts scored 14 points to lead six UCLA players in double figures as the top-seeded Bruins cruised to an 84-46 rout of 16th-seeded Southern in the first round of the Women's NCAA Tournament on Friday in Los Angeles. Londynn Jones added 11 points for the Bruins (31-2), who will host eighth-seeded Richmond on Sunday in the second round of the Spokane 1 Region. UCLA's Kiki Rice, Gabriela Jaquez, Janiah Barker and Elina Aarnisalo each chipped in 10 points. Barker also grabbed 10 rebounds as the Bruins nearly doubled the Jaguars on the glass, 44-23. Aniya Gourdine scored 10 points for Southern (21-15), which was coming off its first NCAA win on Wednesday nigh when it stopped UC San Diego 68-56 in the First Four. But the Jaguars weren't about to make it two in a row, even though they were reasonably competitive for a half, trailing 38-26 at the break. However, Southern made only 19 of 60 shots from the field (31.7 percent) and couldn't keep the Bruins off the foul line, where UCLA connected on 23 of 30 (76.7 percent). No. 4 Baylor 73, No. 13 Grand Canyon 60 The 1-2 punch of Antoinette Vonleh and Jada Walker carried the Bears to a win over the Antelopes in the first round of the Spokane 1 Region of the NCAA Women's Tournament in Waco, Texas. Vonleh scored 25 points and grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds before fouling out, while Walker added 17 points and four assists. Yaya Felder contributed 12 points as the Bears (28-7) hit 50 percent of their field goal attempts and earned a 44-33 rebounding advantage. Trinity San Antonio poured in a game-high 27 points to pace the Lopes (32-3) but was limited to 26 minutes due to foul trouble. Laura Erikstrup added 11 for Grand Canyon, which made just 23 of 67 attempts (34.3 percent) from the field. Baylor trailed 18-13 late in the first quarter but rallied to grab a 31-28 edge at halftime and steadily pulled away in the second half. After the game, On3sports reported that Grand Canyon coach Molly Miller resigned to take the same position at Arizona State. No. 5 Ole Miss 83, No. 12 Ball State 65 Starr Jacobs and Kennedy Todd-Williams each collected double-doubles as the Rebels cruised to a win over the Cardinals in Waco, Texas. Jacobs scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Rebels (21-10), who led by as many as 29 points in the third quarter. Todd-Williams added 14 points and 11 boards, while Madison Scott chipped in 15 points. Ole Miss earned a 51-32 advantage on the boards, turning 17 offensive caroms into 22 second-chance points. It also boasted a 46-28 advantage in paint points. Ally Becki scored a game-high 19 points for the Cardinals (27-8), while Lachelle Austin added 13 points and a team-high eight rebounds. No. 8 Richmond 74, No. 9 Georgia Tech 49 The Spiders established a 19-7 first quarter lead and never looked back while walloping the Yellow Jackets in Los Angeles. Maggie Doogan paced Richmond (28-6) with 30 points, 15 rebounds and six assists. Doogan hit 11 of 18 shots from the field, including 5 of 8 from 3-point range. Addie Budnik added 14 points, on 6-of-7 shooting, and seven boards for Richmond, which hit 30 of 60 attempts from the field and canned 9 of 23 3-point tries (39.1 percent). The Spiders earned a 37-33 advantage on the boards and assisted on 19 buckets. The Yellow Jackets (22-12) struggled to make shots, converting just 20 of 63 attempts from the field (31.7 percent). Tonie Morgan was Georgia Tech's only double-figure scorer with 12 points, and she added seven rebounds and five assists. Georgia Tech hit just 4 of 23 (17.4 percent) from beyond the arc.
Miami Herald
22-03-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Women's NCAA Roundup: No. 4 Baylor, No. 5 Ole Miss win openers
The 1-2 punch of Antoinette Vonleh and Jada Walker carried 4th-seeded Baylor to a 73-60 win Friday over 13th-seeded Grand Canyon in the first round of the Spokane 1 Region of the NCAA Women's Tournament in Waco, Texas. Vonleh scored 25 points and grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds before fouling out, while Walker added 17 points and four assists. Yaya Felder contributed 12 points as the Bears (28-7) hit 50 percent of their field goal attempts and earned a 44-33 rebounding advantage. Trinity San Antonio poured in a game-high 27 points to pace the Lopes (32-3) but was limited to 26 minutes due to foul trouble. Laura Erikstrup added 11 for Grand Canyon, which made just 23 of 67 attempts (34.3 percent) from the field. Baylor trailed 18-13 late in the first quarter but rallied to grab a 31-28 edge at halftime and steadily pulled away in the second half. After the game, On3sports reported that Grand Canyon coach Molly Miller resigned to take the same position at Arizona State. No. 5 Ole Miss 83, No. 12 Ball State 65 Starr Jacobs and Kennedy Todd-Williams each collected double-doubles as the Rebels cruised to a win over the Cardinals in Waco, Texas. Jacobs scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Rebels (21-10), who led by as many as 29 points in the third quarter. Todd-Williams added 14 points and 11 boards, while Madison Scott chipped in 15 points. Ole Miss earned a 51-32 advantage on the boards, turning 17 offensive caroms into 22 second-chance points. It also boasted a 46-28 advantage in paint points. Ally Becki scored a game-high 19 points for the Cardinals (27-8), while Lachelle Austin added 13 points and a team-high eight rebounds. --Field Level Media Field Level Media 2023 - All Rights Reserved
