this 2025 NCAA Women’s Championship 16 sweet first days continued on Friday.
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Duke The second seed, the blue demon suffocated the third seed North Carolina.
Now, the first seed South Carolina Continue its championship defense as Gamecocks make the fourth seed Maryland.
Later, the third seed Louisiana Trying to appear for the third time in a row with Elite 8, but must go through a second seed North Carolina Get there.
The top seed of the NCAA Women’s Championship, UCLAto showdown and Ole Miss Brown Bears have tried to return to Elite 8 for the first time since 2018.
This is the biggest moment of day 16:
Oluchi Okananwa In the third time this season, Duke entered North Carolina with a 47-38 record and the Elite 8 of the Women’s NCAA Championship.
The Blue Devils will make appearances in the 12th-ranked Elite 8 in the show’s history and will play the No. 1 seed and defending champion South Carolina or fourth-seeded Maryland, who are scheduled to play in Birmingham late Friday.
Okananwa scored 10 of 12 points in the first half, while Duke had 10 rebounds on the bench, which scored 26 points on the bench compared to North Carolina’s six points. Ashlon Jackson Completed with 10 points, Toby FournierDuke, the leading scorer of the season, missed the second round due to illness, scoring three points.
Fifth Grade Senior Alyssa Ustby With nine out of 10 shots in 10 shots of the heels, they have tried to advance to the first elite eight since 2014.
Neither team shot very well. Duke shot 31% from the field after missing the first nine shots. North Carolina’s stadiums account for 28%.
Part of the reason may be due to familiarity. Less than a month ago, the teams played against each other for the second time this season. North Carolina coach Courtney Banghart said this week there is a level of comfort compared to the team they just played for.
But these are also two of the highest defenses in the country, forcing turnovers, wrong shots and desperate shots at the start of the game.
This is the first time meeting between the two teams in the NCAA Championship, where they played each other 111 times. North Carolina still has a 56-55 edge.
Kaylene Smikle Maryland had a nine-point lead, while Terrapins entered the half-time game 33-31. Maryland led the way for most of the first half, shooting six consecutive shots without a basket in one game in the second quarter and playing without a basket.
The Associated Press report
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