New York Post

Terps roll past Tide, on to 16

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Maryland and its offensive juggernaut are rolling fast and easy into the Sweet 16, getting 19 points from Angel Reese and overwhelmi­ng Alabama 100-64 on Wednesday.

The second-seeded Terrapins (27-2) came into the women’s NCAA Tournament with the nation’s highest-scoring offense and have yet to take their foot off the gas. The Terps are averaging 99 points in their two tournament wins after scoring 91.3 per game in the regular season.

Tex. A&M 84, Iowa St. 82 (OT)

Jordan Nixon banked in a short jump shot at the buzzer in overtime, giving her a career-high 35 points and lifting No. 2 Texas A&M past seventh-seeded Iowa State.

Arizona 52, BYU 46

Aari McDonald had 17 points with 11 rebounds and Arizona outlasted BYU, advancing to the Sweet 16 for the first time since coach Adia Barnes was a player for the Wildcats in 1998.

Missouri St. 64, Wright St. 39

Elle Ruffridge had a career-high 20 points with five 3-pointers, and fifthseede­d Missouri State is going to its second straight Sweet 16 after knocking off Wright State.

Oregon 57, Georgia 50

Sedona Prince scored 22 points, Nyara Sabally took over late and sixth-seeded Oregon beat No. 3 Georgia to advance to its fourth straight Sweet 16.

Louisville 62, N’western 53

Kianna Smith scored 16 points and No. 2 seed Louisville advanced to the Sweet 16 by rallying from an early 18-point deficit to beat seventh-seeded Northweste­rn.

Indiana 70, Belmont 48

Grace Berger scored 17 points and Indiana used another suffocatin­g defensive effort to beat Belmont, sending the fourthseed­ed Hoosiers to the program’s first Sweet 16.

Texas 71, UCLA 62

Celeste Taylor scored 24 points, Kyra Lambert added 17 and the No. 6 seed Longhorns beat thirdseede­d UCLA.

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