Fox News: NCAA Women's Tournament 2025 highlights: South Carolina, LSU back in Elite Eight

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NCAA Women's Tournament 2025 highlights: South Carolina, LSU back in Elite Eight

The NCAA Women's Tournament continued Friday with Sweet 16 action. Here are the highlights!......                    ...                        ...The You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login continued Friday with the first day of Sweet 16 action.......[Read more: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login]......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login started the day with a vintage defensive performance, as the second-seeded Blue Devils stifled third-seeded You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. After that, No. 1 seed You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login continued its title defense as the Gamecocks came back to hold off upset-minded You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. ......Third-seeded You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login is also off to its third straight Elite Eight appearance after going through No. 2 seed You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to get there. ......The top seed in the NCAA women's tournament, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, caps the night with its matchup against You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login as the Bruins try to return to the Elite 8 for the first time since 2018. ......Here are all the biggest moments from Day 1 Sweet 16:......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login had 30 points and 19 rebounds, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login had a critical block that set up You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login' go-ahead layup with 1:07 remaining, and No. 3 seed You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login rallied past second-seeded You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login 80-73 in a tense women's NCAA Tournament regional semifinal on Friday.......The Wolfpack led 69-64 with 4:29 left before LSU began to surge, led by Williams, who scored 10 points in the fourth quarter. After Gilbert blocked a layup attempt by NC State's You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, Williams converted on the other end to make it 74-73 — part of a game-closing 10-0 run for the Tigers (31-5).......LSU, which won the national title two years ago for coach Kim Mulkey, reached the Elite Eight for the third consecutive season and will face either top-seeded UCLA or No. 5 Mississippi on Sunday. Mulkey also won three national titles at Baylor.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login had 21 points and 11 rebounds for LSU, and Williams finished with 17 points and eight boards.......Brooks led NC State (28-7) with 21 points. Coach Wes Moore's Wolfpack fell short in their bid to reach a second straight Final Four.......The game featured seven lead changes and four ties, and LSU's 21-10 advantage in the first quarter was the biggest lead for either team. Morrow had 10 points in the first period.......NC State surged back ahead to take a 40-36 halftime lead, and Morrow again dominated in the third quarter, scoring 11 of her team's 21 points in the period to put LSU ahead 57-53.......NC State opened the fourth quarter with an 8-1 run. The Wolfpack held LSU without a field goal until Morrow made a layup with just over seven minutes to play.......Morrow, the nation's top rebounder, had her 30th double-double of the season. Her effort on the boards helped the Tigers outrebound the Wolfpack 52-36, including an 18-10 advantage on the offensive glass.......The 6-foot-1 forward is one of two women in NCAA history with more than 100 double-doubles. She's also the only player in the country with more than 600 points and 450 rebounds this season.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login scored 23 points, including a go-ahead layup with 2:22 left, and You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login added 15 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 1 seed South Carolina beat fourth-seeded You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login on Friday in the Sweet 16 of the women's NCAA Tournament.......The defending national champion Gamecocks went back-and-forth with the Terrapins all game before finally doing enough in the final few minutes to put it away.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login will face You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in the Elite Eight on Sunday. The Blue Devils beat Atlantic Coast Conference rival North Carolina 47-38 earlier Friday.......Dawn Staley's team trailed 60-59 with 3:25 left before holding You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login without a point over the next three minutes. Fulwiley's layup began the 7-0 run that gave the Gamecocks (33-3) just enough of a cushion.......Kitts added three free throws during the spurt and Fulwiley scored on a coast-to-coast drive.......The Gamecocks were up 66-60 with 25 seconds left when You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login ended Maryland's scoring drought with You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login.......But the Terps couldn't get closer as the Gamecocks made five of six free throws down the stretch, including two by Fulwiley with 10.9 seconds left that made it 71-65.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login scored 17 points to lead Maryland (25-8) before fouling out.......Neither team could get into an offensive flow in the first three quarters. South Carolina trailed 43-39 late in the third before closing out the period with a 13-7 run that was capped by a spectacular transition basket by Fulwiley, who went behind her back and then hit a pull-up shot.......The two teams had met once previously in the NCAA Tournament, an 86-75 win for South Carolina in the Elite Eight in 2023.......South Carolina avoided becoming the first defending champion to lose this early in the tournament since Louisville knocked off Brittney Griner and Baylor in 2013 in the Sweet 16.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login recorded her third double-double of the season to lead ACC Tournament champion Duke past North Carolina 47-38 Friday and into the Elite Eight of the women's NCAA Tournament.......The Blue Devils will make their 12th Elite Eight appearance in program history and will play either No. 1 seed and defending champion South Carolina or fourth-seeded Maryland, who were scheduled to play later Friday in Birmingham.......Okananwa scored 10 of her 12 points in the first half along with 10 rebounds off the bench for Duke, which got 26 points from its bench compared to North Carolina's six. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login finished with 10 points, and You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, Duke's leading scorer this season who missed the second round with an illness, was held to three points.......Fifth-year senior You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login had nine points on 3 of 10 shooting for the Tar Heels, who fell short in their attempt to advance to their first Elite 8 since 2014.......Neither team shot the ball well. Duke shot 31% after missing its first nine field goals. North Carolina went 28% from the field.......Part of it could have been because of familiarity. The teams played each other for the second time this season less than a month ago. North Carolina coach Courtney Banghart said this week that there's an added level of comfort going against a team they just played.......But this was also two of the top defenses in the country going at it, forcing turnovers, errant shots and desperate heaves late in the shot clock at the start of the game.......It was the first ever meeting in the NCAA tournament between the two teams, who have played each other 111 times. North Carolina still holds a slight 56-55 edge.......Reporting by The Associated Press......Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login!...

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