Creighton villain familiar to upset Iowa
Lauren Jensen scored 19 points against her former team, including the go-ahead 3 with 12.9 seconds left that lifted No. 10 Creighton over Caitlin Clark and secondseeded Iowa 64-62 Sunday in the second round of the women's NCAA Tournament in Iowa City.
Iowa (24-8), which shared the Big Ten regular-season title and won the conference tournament, had two chances to tie the score in the closing 3 seconds. Monika Czinano missed a layup with 3 seconds left, then Kate Martin missed a putback as the buzzer sounded.
Jensen, who played at Iowa last season as a freshman before transferring, had nine of her points in the fourth quarter. She had a layup with 1:26 left to cut Iowa's lead to 6260, then her 3-pointer gave the Bluejays a lead. After Clark missed a layup, Emma Ronziek made the second of two free throws for the final margin.
Payton Brotzki added 13 points for the Bluejays (229), who advance to their first Sweet 16. They were the seventh double-digit seed to win in the women's NCAA Tournament, matching the record set in 1998.
Czinano led Iowa with 27 points. Clark, who came into the game as the nation's leading scorer at 27.4 points per game, finished with 15 on 4-for-19 shooting, missing all eight shots in the second half.
SOUTH CAROLINA 49, MIAMI 33>>
Aliyah Boston had 10 points and 16 rebounds for her 26th double-double in a row as topseeded South Carolina used
its strong defense to hold off eighth-seeded Miami in Columbia, S.C. The Gamecocks (31-2) again held an opponent without a field goal in the second quarter and Miami (21-13) shot just 24% for the game as South Carolina coach Dawn Staley advanced to her eighth Sweet 16 in nine tournament appearances. The Gamecocks led throughout despite shooting only 30%. Kamilla Cardoso led South Carolina with 11 points. Boston was 4-of-15 shooting, missing both her 3-pointers, and made just 2 of 6 free throws. Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi of Miami, a former teammate of Cardoso at Syracuse, led all scorers with 15 points.
IOWA STATE 67, GEORGIA 44>>
Lexi Donarski scored 20 points and third-seeded Iowa State (28-6) raced to its first Sweet 16 appearance since 2010 with a win over sixth-seeded Georgia (21-10) in Ames, Iowa. Emily Ryan had 15 points, 9 assists
and 6 rebounds for the Cyclones, and Ashley Joens added 12 points.
Wichita Region
SOUTH DAKOTA 61, BAYLOR 47>>Hannah Sjerven scored 16 points and Chloe Lamb added 15 as 10th-seeded South Dakota beat No. 2 seed Baylor in Waco, Texas, to advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time. The Coyotes (29-5) scored the game's first 11 points and led throughout against 12-time Big 12 regular-season champion Bears (28-7), who had won 17 consecutive NCAA Tournament games played on their home court since 2011. Queen Egbo had 13 points while forward NaLyssa Smith matched her season low with 10 points for the Bears, who saw the end of their streak of 12 consecutive Sweet 16 appearances. LOUISVILLE 68, GONZAGA 59>>Hailey Van Lith scored 21 points and Louisville (274) advanced to the Sweet 16, over Gonzaga (27-7). Playing in front of a loud home crowd for the last time this season, the top-seeded Cardinals jumped to a 14-0 lead less than 4:30 into the game, thanks to a pressure defense that sped up the Bulldogs. Gonzaga answered with a 12-0 run of their own. Van Lith scored eight straight points in 1:45 stretch of the third quarter that started a 15-3 run, capping it with two free throws to make it 51-33 with minutes left in the period. Gonzaga never got back within eight points the rest of the way.
Spokane Region
TEXAS 78, UTAH 56>> Aaliyah Moore scored 21 points and No.2 seed Texas (28-6) shut down No. 7 seed Utah's prolific 3-point shooting as the Longhorns earned another trip to the Sweet 16. The Longhorns shot 71% in a blistering first half that opened a 14-point lead, then stretched it to 26 in the third quarter. The Utes (21-12) made 15 3-pointers in a first-round win over Arkansas but were just 6 of 20 from long range against Texas. Kennady McQueen led No. 7 Utah with 18 points.
MARYLAND 89, FLORIDA GULF COAST 65>>
Diamond Miller scored 24 points as fourthseeded Maryland (23-8) used a 19-0 run spanning parts of both halves to pull away from 12th-seeded Florida Gulf Coast (30-3) in College Park, Md. Angel Reese added 21 points and Ashley Osusu scored 20 for the Terrapins, who advanced to the Sweet 16 for the 10th time under coach Brenda Frese. Kendall Spray scored 17 points in the first half but none in the second for FGCU.