Oregon women top Georgia, return to Sweet 16 as 6 seed
Sedona Prince scored 22 points, Nyara Sabally took over late and sixth-seeded Oregon beat No. 3 Georgia 57-50 on Wednesday in the women’s NCAA Tournament to advance to its fourth straight Sweet 16.
Sabally scored six straight points — including a putback of her own missed shot — to break open a tie game and give the Ducks a 54-48 lead with less than a minute to go. She finished with 15 points, including 10 in the second half, and nine rebounds.
MARYLAND 100, ALABAMA 64 >> Maryland and its offensive juggernaut are rolling fast and easy into the Sweet 16, getting 19 points from Angel Reese and overwhelming Alabama. MISSOURI STATE 64, WRIGHT STATE 39 >> Elle Ruffridge had a career-high 20 points with five 3-pointers, Jasmine Franklin had a double-double and fifth-seeded Missouri State is going to
its second consecutive Sweet 16 after knocking off Wright State in a matchup of mid-major teams. INDIANA 70, BELMONT 48 >> Grace Berger scored 17 points and Indiana used another suffocating defensive effort to beat Belmont, sending the fourth-seeded Hoosiers to the program’s first Sweet 16.
Belmont was the first
Ohio Valley Conference team to win a tournament game since 1990, but its chances of becoming the fifth No. 12 seed to advance to the regional semifinals were smothered by the Hoosiers’ defense and the Bruins’ own dismal 3-point shooting through the first three quarters. LOUISVILLE 62, 53 >>
NORTHWESTERN 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.
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.
TEXAS A&M 84, IOWA STATE 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 to a victory over seventh-seeded Iowa State in the second round.
TEXAS 71, UCLA 62 >> Celeste Taylor scored 24 points, Kyra Lambert added 17 and No. 6 seed Texas beat thirdseeded UCLA to advance to the Sweet 16.
The start of the game was delayed about 25 minutes because Iowa State and Texas A&M went into overtime on the court on the other side of the Alamodome.