NCAA Women’s Tournament 2025 highlights: South Carolina survives, NC State takes on LSU

AND 2025. NCAA Women’s Tournament Continued on Friday with the first day of Sweet 16 actions.

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Duke The Vintage Day began with a defensive performance because the second blue blue devils pushed the third seeds North Carolina. After that, number 1 seed South Carolina Continued to defend the title as Gamecocks returned to withstand the upset Maryland.

Now the third seeds Louisiana State tries to make its third straight elite eight appearances but will have to go through the seed number 2 North Carolina State get there.

Best seed in the NCAA Women’s Tournament, Uclacovers the night with its matches against Ole Miss While Bruins are trying to return to Elite 8 for the first time since 2018.

Here are all the biggest moments from the first day of Sweet 16:

No. 3 seeds Lsu Fighting no. 2 seeds Nc state

Lsu and Nc state They delivered another game back and Wolfpack led at 40-36 at halftime. The Tigers rose by as many as 11 points in the first quarter, but Wolfpack reciprocated to take over his first game lead in the second quarter. Zamareya Jones He got off the bench to pace the NC country with 11 points.

South Carolina survived from Maryland To advance the heel straight elite eight

Mailasia Fulwileia scored 23 points, including schedule with 2:22, and Chloe Kitts Added 15 points and 11 rebounds to help the number 1 of South Carolina’s seed beaten fourth place Maryland 71-67 On Friday at Sweet 16 Women’s NCAA Tournament.

Defense national champion Gamecocks started back with Terrapins All Game, before he finally did enough in the last few minutes to put him off.

South Carolina will face Duke in an elite eight on Sunday. Blue devils beat the Atlantic Coast Conference rival North Carolina 47-38 earlier on Friday.

Tim Dawn Staleya laged 60-59 with 3:25 left before holding Maryland Without a point for the next three minutes. Fulwiley’s schedule began running from 7-0 that Gamecocks (33-3) gave enough pillows.

Kitts added three free throws during Sopurt, and Fulwiley scored a drive on the coast.

Gamecocks were on an increase in 66-60 and the remaining 25 seconds when Saylor Poffenbarger finished Maryland’s scoring drought with 3-poen.

But Terps could not approach because Gamecocks made five of six free throws down the section, including two Fulwiley with the remaining 10.9 seconds, which made up 71-65.

Kaylene Smikle He scored 17 points for Maryland’s lead (25-8) before being thrown out.

No team could get into the offensive course in the first three quarters. South Caroline ran 43-39 late in the third before the period closed the 13-7 race that Fulwiley had overwhelmed with a spectacular transitional basket, which went behind it and then hit the shooting.

Two teams met once before at the NCAA tournament, a 86-75 victory for South Carolin in an elite eight 2023.

South Carolina has avoided becoming the first defender champion to lose this start of the tournament since Louisville overthrew Brittney Griner and Baylor 2013 in Sweet 16.

Duke Takes off the rival UNC for a trip to an elite eight

Oluchi Okanwa She recorded her third double double double champion of ACC Duke Tournament on Friday in North Carolina 47-38 and in an elite eight female NCAA tournament.

The Blue Devils will make the 12th elite in the history of the program, and will play either first place and defender of South Carolina champion or fourth -ranked Maryland, who were supposed to play later on Friday at Birmingham.

Okananwa scored 10 of her 12 points in the first half, together with 10 rebounds from the Duke bench, who received 26 points from the bench compared to six. Ashlon Jackson ended with 10 points and Toby FournierThe leading scorer of the Duke this season, who missed the second round with the disease, was retained on three points.

Five -year -old elderly Alyssa ustby He had nine points at 3 out of 10 shootings for Tar Heels, who went through in an attempt to progress to their first elite 8 since 2014.

No team shot the ball well. Duke shot 31% after missing the first nine field goals. North Carolina left 28% from the field.

The part could have been due to knowledge. The teams played each other for the second time this season less than a month ago. North Caroline Courtney Banghart coach said this week that an additional level of comfort was against the team they were just playing.

But these were also two major defense in the country that went to it, forcing turns, wrong shots and a desperate crowd late in the shooting hour at the beginning of the game.

It was the first meeting at the NCAA tournament between the two teams, who played each other 111 times. North Carolina is still holding a slight edge 56-55.

No. 5 seeds Ole Miss VS no. 1 seed Ucla

Associated press reporting

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