Oregon surprises Duke, earns spot in Sweet 16
Washington’s Plum becomes single-season scoring leader
DURHAM, N.C. — Ruthy Hebard had 20 points and 15 rebounds, and Oregon earned its first Sweet 16 berth by upsetting Duke 74-65 on Monday night in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Maite Cazorla added 17 points and Lexi Bando finished with 14 points to help Oregon (22-13) become the first No. 10 seed in a decade to reach the round of 16.
The Ducks, in their first tournament since 2005, had never advanced past the second round in their 12 previous appearances. Now they’re on to Bridgeport, Conn., to take on third-seeded Maryland (32-2).
Lexie Brown scored 25 points for the secondseeded Blue Devils (28-6). They played without guard Kyra Lambert, who tore her left anterior cruciate ligament in the first round against Hampton. No. 1 UCONN 94, No. 8 SYRACUSE 64: In Storrs, Conn., Kia Nurse scored 29 points and tied an NCAA Tournament record with nine 3-pointers to lead UConn in a second-round rematch of last year’s national championship game.
Nurse hit 10 of her 13 shots, missing three attempts from behind the arc for the Huskies, who won their 109th straight game and 26th consecutive NCAA Tournament game.
Gabby Williams and Katie Lou Samuelson each added 23 points for UConn (34-0). No. 4 UCLA 75, No. 5 TEXAS A&M 43: In Los Angeles, Kari Korver scored 21 points, hitting seven 3-pointers, and UCLA routed Texas A&M.
Monique Billings and Jordin Canada each added 12 points for the Bruins (25-8), who had the largest margin of victory in school history in a tournament game. Oklahoma City Region No. 4 LOUISVILLE 75, No. 5 TENNESSEE 64: In Louisville, Ky., Asia Durr scored 23 points, Mariya Moore made all five 3-pointers for 19 points and Louisville beat Tennessee.
Jaime Nared had 28 points and 11 rebounds for Tennessee (20-12). No. 3 WASHINGTON 108, No. 6 OKLAHOMA 82: In Seattle, Kelsey Plum scored 38 points, adding another record to her career resume, and Washington raced past Oklahoma.
The Huskies (29-5) are going to the Sweet 16 in consecutive years for the first time in school history.
Plum passed another Jackie Stiles’ record to become the all-time single-season scoring leader, having already topped Stiles’ all-time career scoring mark last month. Plum now has 1,080 points this season.
No. 1 BAYLOR 86, No. 9 CALIFORNIA 46: In Waco, Texas, Alexis Prince and Nina Davis each scored 16 points and the Baylor women are going to the Sweet 16 for the ninth year in a row after a win over California.
Baylor (32-3) took control with a 13-0 run in the second quarter.
Kristine Anigwe had 20 points and 11 rebounds for ninth-seeded California (20-14).
No. 2 STANFORD 69, No. 7 KANSAS STATE
48: In Manhattan, Kan., Brittany McPhee had 21 points, Alanna Smith added 19 and Stanford advanced to to its 10th straight Sweet 16.
The Cardinal (30-5) had no problem dealing with the Wildcats (23-11) or their home crowd, which spent much of the game sitting in silence. Stanford roared to a 39-21 halftime lead and never looked back in advancing to face No. 3 seed Texas on Friday night.
No. 12 QUINNIPIAC 85, No. 4 MIAMI 78: In Coral Gables, Fla., Morgan Manz scored 22 points and made six 3-pointers, Aryn McClure added 15 and Quinnipiac is headed to the Sweet 16, stunning Miami.
Sarah Shewan and Paula Strautmane each scored 11 for Quinnipiac (29-6), which will head to Stockton, California and play top-seeded South Carolina on Saturday.