Duke, Buffalo, UConn win

Leaonna Odom scored 16 points and fifth seed Duke’s defense was dominant, holding fourth seed Georgia to two second-quarter points in a 66-40 second-round win on Monday night.

Lexie Brown and Erin Mathias each had 14 points for Duke (24-8), which will play UConn in the Albany Regional on Saturday. Georgia (26-7) made only 1 of 19 shots in the second period. The Lady Bulldogs set season lows for fewest points in a period and game and lowest field-goal percentage (24.0) in a game.

While Georgia struggled, Duke shot 50 percent from the field to overcome 21 turnovers. Caliya Robinson led Georgia with 11 points and 12 rebounds.

Buffalo 86, Florida State 65: Cierra Dillard scored 22 points and 11th-seeded Buffalo shocked No. 3 seed FSU to advance to the Sweet 16 of the women’s tournament for the first time in school history. The Bulls, one of the last four to earn an at-large berth in the 64-team field, shot 47.4 percent from the field and went 24 of 26 from the foul line in Tallahassee, Fla. They held the Seminoles to 3 of 25 on 3-pointers and 33.8 percent from the field.

Buffalo (29-5) won’t have far to go for the regional semifinal. It will face defending champion and second-seeded South Carolina on Saturday in Albany, N.Y.

It is the first time that in eight games that Florida State (26-7) has dropped an NCAA Tournament contest when it has been the host.

Stephanie Reid scored 18 points and Summer Hemphill added 17 for Buffalo. Shakayla Thomas led FSU with 25 points in her final game. Imani Wright, who came in with 103 3-pointers, was 0 of 10 from beyond the arc.

UConn 71, Quinnipiac 46: Napheesa Collier scored 23 points and top-seeded UConn advanced to a 25th straight Sweet 16. Azura Stevens added 14 points in Storrs, Conn., and Kia Nurse chipped in with 13 for the Huskies (34-0), who found themselves in a much slower-paced game than their 14052 first-round rout of Saint Francis (Pa.). But Connecticut never trailed.

Jen Fay had 12 points for the ninth-seeded Bobcats (28-6), whose school-best 23-game winning streak was snapped. Quinnipiac hit just four of 24 shots from 3-point range, including one of 12 in the first half.

It was just the second meeting between the two programs. The first, a 117-20 UConn win, came almost 20 years ago after Quinnipiac made the jump from Division II.

UConn will next play Duke on Saturday in Albany. The Huskies have not played a game outside the state of Connecticut since Feb. 24.