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Williamson, Duke survive UCF’s late misses, reach Sweet 16

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Tennessee survives blowing 25-point lead

COLLEGE STATION, Texas &#8212; Chennedy Carter scored 30 points, Shambria Washington hit the go-ahead 3-pointer late and No. 4 Texas A&amp;M got a 78-76 win over fifth-seed Marquette in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday.Texas A&amp;M (26-7) moves on to the Sweet 16 for the second straight year where it will meet the winner of Monday night&#8217;s game between Michigan State-Notre Dame in Chicago on March 30.A jump shot by Allazia Blockton tied it with a minute left and Amani Wilborn made 1 of 2 free throws with 36 seconds remaining, but a lane violation by A&amp;M gave her one more shot and she made it to put Marquette up 76-74.Carter found Washington on A&amp;M&#8217;s next possession and she made the 3-pointer to put the Aggies up 77-76 with 23 seconds left.Carter stole an inbounds pass from Danielle King after a timeout with five seconds left and she was fouled by King. The Golden Eagles had to foul two more times to get in the bonus, leaving just 0.9 seconds left when Carter made 1 of 2 free throws to secure the win.Louisville 71, Michigan 50LOUISVILLE, Ky. &#8212; Asia Durr scored 24 points, including 12 in the first quarter to lead Louisville past Michigan.The Cardinals (31-3) started fast and stayed in gear on the way to earning their third consecutive Sweet 16 berth.Durr got them going with two assists before adding the first of five 3-pointers in the game and a 4-point play. She finished 9 of 23 from the field and 5 of 14 from long range.Louisville&#8217;s defense also came up big, holding the taller Wolverines to just 23 percent shooting in the second half and 43 percent overall. The Cardinals scored 28 points off 22 turnovers, forcing 17 by halftime alone.Jazmine Jones added 15 points while Sam Fuehring and Dana Evans each had 10. Kylee Shook had 10 rebounds and guard Arica Carter seven after missing two games with a left knee injury.Akienreh Johnson had 12 points and Kayla Robbins 10 for Michigan (22-12).Iowa 68, Missouri 52IOWA CITY, Iowa &#8212; Megan Gustafson scored 24 points with 19 rebounds, Makenzie Meyer added 18 points and Iowa blew past Missouri to advance to its second Sweet 16 in five years.Kathleen Doyle scored 15 points for the Hawkeyes (28-6), who put away the Tigers with a blistering 23-4 run in the second half. They&#8217;ll face either Kentucky or North Carolina State, who play each other on Monday, in the semifinals of the Greensboro Regional next week.Tania Davis hit her first 3 of the game to open the fourth quarter, putting Iowa up 50-41, and Meyer&#8217;s corner 3 pushed the lead to 13. Gustafson&#8217;s jumper over two defenders made it 60-43 with 4:21 to go, capping a spurt that helped Iowa clinch its highest win total in 31 years.Amber Smith scored 21 points for Missouri (24-11). The Tigers bowed out in the second round for the third time in four years after scoring just 23 points in the second half.South Carolina 72, Florida State 64CHARLOTTE, N.C. &#8212; Mikiah Herbert Harrigan scored 20 points, Alexis Jennings added 16 and fourth-seeded South Carolina beat No. 5 seed Florida 72-64 on Sunday to advance to the women&#8217;s NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 for the sixth straight season.Te&#8217;a Cooper added 13 points and Tyasha Harris had 11 for South Carolina, which won despite being outrebounded 50-33 and allowing Florida State to grab 27 offensive rebounds.It&#8217;s the third time in the past five seasons the Gamecocks have eliminated the Seminoles from the NCAA Tournament, beating them in the Elite Eight in 2015 and 2017.Nicki Ekhomu scored 19 points and Kiah Gilespie had 15 points and 18 rebounds for Florida State (24-9).Arizona State 57, Miami 55CORAL GABLES, Fla. ( &#8212; Robbi Ryan&#8217;s free throws with 5.0 seconds left off a Hurricanes turnover put Arizona State ahead to stay, and the fifth-seeded Sun Devils ousted fourth-seeded Miami 57-55 in a second-round Portland Region game on Sunday night.Arizona State (22-10) was down by as many as eight in the second half, and survived a game where it shot 35 percent. Jamie Ruden came off the bench to score a team-best 10 for the Sun Devils.Laura Cornelius scored 15 for Miami (25-9), which was looking for its first Sweet 16 berth since 1992. Mykea Gray added 13 for Miami and Beatrice Mompremier grabbed 22 rebounds for the Hurricanes &#8212; who have never won two games in the same NCAA Tournament.Both teams saw late chances slip away.UConn 84, Buffalo 72STORRS, Conn. (AP) &#8212; Napheesa Collier scored 27 points and grabbed 16 rebounds as UConn held off Buffalo to move into the Sweet 16 for a 26th consecutive season.Katie Lou Samuelson and freshman Christyn Williams each added 17 points for the Huskies (33-2).Cierra Dillard, the nation&#8217;s second leading scorer, had 29 points to lead Buffalo, which made a big run in the fourth quarter but could not overcome a 24-point second-half deficit.Buffalo never led and trailed 73-49 with 3 minutes left in the third quarter. But the scrappy Bulls would not go away. They outscored the Huskies 12-2 to open the fourth, cutting the lead to 75-67.Their hopes of a comeback were dealt a blow in the middle of that run when Dillard went down after rolling her left ankle in a collision with Collier. She had to be helped to the locker room, but came back into the game less than two minutes later, scoring five more points while clearly hobbled.Her layup with 1:11 to go made it 79-71, but UConn hit its foul shots at the end to close out the game.<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>The Associated Press</bylineMeta></div>

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