Lauren Betts shot 15-for-16 from the floor on the way to 31 points when top-seeded UCLA pulled away from No. 5 Ole Miss during the second half of a 76-62 victory in the Spokane 1 region in Spokane, Wash., On Friday.
Betts delivered his second in a row of 30-points Plus performance in the NCAA tournament and did so while matching her career high for field goals that she set in November against Colgate.
Behind Bett’s dominant performance on the inside, UCLA exceeded (33-2) Ole Miss (22-11) in the color 48-34. Betts also took 10 returns and blocked three shots. Kiki Rice finished with 13 points and drew a gaming high seven assists for Bruins, who is moving forward to meet 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 got 13. Todd-Williams and Christeen Iwuala each took nine returns.
No. 3 LSU 80, No. 2 NC State 73
Aneesah Morrow scored 30 points and took 19 returns when Tigers collected past Wolfpack in the Semifinalen in the Spokane 1 region in women’s NCAA tournament in Spokane, Wash.
Tigers scored the game’s last 10 points in the last two minutes. Sa’myah Smith finished 21 points and 11 returns and Mikaylah Williams added 19 points for Tigers (31-5). LSU will play No. 1 seed ucla in Elite Eight on Sunday.
Zoe Brooks got 21, Zamareya Jones had 13 and Aziaha James 12 to lead Wolfpack (28-7), whose last point came on a Brooks arrangement that produced a lead of 73-70.
No. 1 South Carolina 71, No. 4 Maryland 67
Milaysia Fulwiley received 23 points from the bench and the defending champion GameCocks prevailed against Terrapins in the semi -finals of Birmingham region 2 in women’s NCAA tournament.
Chloe Kitts added 15 points and 11 returns for the top-seeded GameCocks (33-3), which will meet Second-seeded Duke in Sunday’s regional final in Birmingham, Ala. Gamecocks defeated Duke 81-70 at home on December 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 seller published 10 points. SMIKLE AND CUBEK FULED OUT when Terrapins were forced to commit violations at the last minute.
No. 2 Duke 47, No. 3 North Carolina 38
Olluchi Okananwa had 12 points and 12 returns from the bench and Blue Devils used a suffocating defense to dampen takes Heels in Sweet 16 in women’s NCAA tournament in Birmingham 2 region.
Ashlon Jackson scored 10 points for Duke, who won even though I shot 31 percent from the field and went 5-for-24 on 3-points. Blue Devils (29-7), which has won nine in a row, will meet No. 1 Frö South Carolina in Sunday’s regional final.
North Carolina (29-8) shot 28.3 percent for the game and 3-for-11 on 3-score. Takes Heels, who committed 15 sales, also suffered at the free throw line and went 5-for-10. Alyssa Ustby’s nine points and 10 returns and Indya Nivar’s eight points went North Carolina.
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