By The Related Press
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Defending nationwide champion South Carolina left little question it might return to the title recreation, getting 14 factors from Te-Hina Paopao and overwhelming Texas 74-57 on Friday evening within the Last 4 of the ladies’s NCAA Event.
The Gamecocks are a win away from turning into the primary crew to safe consecutive titles since UConn received 4 straight from 2013-16.
Freshman Joyce Edwards added 13 factors, 11 rebounds and 6 assists for South Carolina (35-3), which used its expertise and poise to climate an early deficit and took management with its depth at each ends of the ground.
Three South Carolina gamers completed in double figures — Bree Corridor had 11 factors — and the Gamecocks dominated Texas within the publish with 40 factors within the paint to the Longhorns’ 22.
Madison Booker had 11 factors and three fouls for the Longhorns (35-4), who have been attempting to achieve their first championship since 1986. They have been within the Last 4 for the primary time since 2003 after a dominant season, which was their first within the Southeastern Convention after coming over from the Large 12.
Texas went 15-1 in opposition to the SEC within the common season and shared the convention title with the Gamecocks.
UCONN 85, UCLA 51
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Sarah Robust and Azzi Fudd didn’t even want a lot assist from celebrity Paige Bueckers to propel UConn into the nationwide title recreation, main the Huskies to a remarkably simple victory over UCLA within the Last 4 of the ladies’s NCAA Event.
Robust completed with 22 factors and Fudd scored all of her 19 factors within the first half for the second-seeded Huskies, who’re one win away from their twelfth nationwide championship and first for the reason that crew received 4 straight from 2013-16 led by former nice Breanna Stewart. The eight-year title drought is the longest for the Huskies since they received their first in 1995.
UConn will face defending champion South Carolina on Sunday for the title after the Gamecocks beat Texas 74-57 earlier Friday evening. It’s a rematch of the 2022 championship recreation, which the Gamecocks received 64-49. The groups met in February and UConn shocked South Carolina with a 29-point highway victory.
Bueckers completed with 16 factors after topping 30 in every of the earlier three video games for the Huskies (36-3).
Initially Printed: April 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM PDT
