No surprises in tournament
Connecticut is among the NCAA women’s teams advancing.
Laurin Mincy scored 27 points and top-seeded Maryland used a secondhalf blitz to knock off previously unbeaten Princeton, 85-70, Monday night in the Spokane Regional at College Park, Md.
The Terrapins (32-2) will take a 26-game winning streak into a matchup with Duke (23-10) in a Sweet 16 game Saturday at Spokane, Wash.
The Terrapins used a 17-2 run immediately after halftime to pull away.
Lexie Brown scored 23 points for the Terrapins.
Eighth-seeded Princeton (31-1) was coming off the program’s first victory in an NCAA tournament.
Tennessee 77, Pittsburgh 67: Bashaara Graves had 21 points and 14 rebounds for the second-seeded Volunteers (29-5), who are 56-0 in NCAA tournament home games. Brianna Kiesel had 32 points for the 10th-seeded Panthers (2012), whose late rally came up
short at Knoxville, Tenn. In the Albany Regional: Connecticut 91, Rutgers 55: Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored 23 points at Storrs, Conn., and the top-seeded Huskies (34-1) advanced to a regional semifinal for the 22nd consecutive year. Tyler Scaife had 16 points for the Scarlet Knights (23-10), who were seeded eighth.
Louisville 60, South Florida 52: Jude Schimmel scored 13 points for the third-seeded Cardinals (27-6) at Tampa, Fla. Courtney Williams had 25 points for the sixth-seeded Bulls (27-8). It was the 20th time she scored 20 points or more this season.
In the Oklahoma City Regional:
Stanford 86, Oklahoma 76: Amber Orrange scored 24 points for the fourthseeded Cardinal (26-9) at Palo Alto. Stanford advanced to the Sweet 16 for the eighth consecutive year. Kaylon Williams scored 24 points for the Sooners (2112).
In the Greensboro Regional:
North Carolina 86, Ohio State 84: Jamie Cherry’s basket with 0.6 seconds to play lifted the fourth-seeded Tar Heels (26-8) at Chapel Hill, N.C. Stephanie Mavunga had a career-high 27 points and 14 rebounds for the Tar Heels. Ameryst Alston had 30 points for the fifth-seeded Buckeyes (2411).
Arizona State 57, Arkansas Little Rock 54: Sophie Brunner had 16 points and scored the go-ahead basket with less than a minute left, helping the third-seeded Sun Devils (29-5) rally from a 16-point deficit at Tempe, Ariz. The 11th-seeded Trojans (29-5) were held scoreless during a 5 ⁄ -minute stretch in the second half.
Florida State 65, Florida Gulf Coast 47: Shakayla Thomas scored 12 points to help the second-seeded Seminoles (31-4) prevail at Tallahassee, Fla., and end at 26 games the winning streak of the seventh-seeded Eagles (30-3).