S. Carolina wins on Mitchell layup

Tiffany Mitchell drove to the basket and scored with 4.2 seconds left and South Carolina edged North Carolina 67-65 on Friday night in the NCAA Tournament’s round of 16 in Greensboro, N.C.

Mitchell finished with 18 points for the No. 1seeded Gamecocks (332), who had to fight past fourth-seeded UNC (26-9) in a rematch of last year’s Sweet 16 game and advance to the Greensboro Region final.

Alaina Coates also scored 18 points, including two key free throws for the lead with 46.1 seconds to go. Then Mitchell, the Southeastern Conference player of the year, answered a tying basket from Jessica Washington in the final minute by driving past Brittany Rountree for what turned out to be the winning score.

Fourth-seeded UNC (269) had one more chance, but freshman Jamie Cherry’s desperation runner hit all backboard as the horn sounded.

On Sunday, South Carolina will face the winner of Friday’s late game between No. 2 seed Florida State and third-seeded Arizona State.

OKLAHOMA CITY REGIONAL Baylor 81, Iowa 66:

Sune Agbuke’s doubledouble, a career-high 23 points to go with 12 rebounds, powered the No. 2 seed Bears (33-3) into to the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight for the fifth time in six years with a victory over the thirdseeded Hawkeyes (26-8).

Nina Davis added 20 points and six rebounds, and Niya Johnson had 16 assists and 10 points for Baylor, which on Sunday will face the winner of Friday’s other late game, between No. 1 seed Notre Dame and No. 4 seed Stanford.

Samantha Logic had a triple-double for Iowa, finishing with 13 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists.