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NCAA Women: Duke again reaches Sweet 16
By The Associated Press
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 | No comments posted.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — With only minimal help from her teammates, Chante Black ensured Duke another trip to the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament.
Black scored a career-high 26 points and had 13 rebounds, and the third-seeded Blue Devils never trailed in a 67-59 victory over Arizona State on Tuesday night.
Black, a 6-foot-5 junior, was 9-for-20 from the field and 8-for-10 at the line. She also had three blocks, two assists and two steals. Jasmine Thomas, with 11 points, was the only other Duke player to reach double figures.
The Blue Devils (25-9) will next face No. 2 seed Texas A&M on Sunday in the semifinal round of the Oklahoma City Regional. The Blue Devils have now won at least two games in 11 consecutive NCAA tournaments.
Briann January scored 17 points and Lauren Lacey 13 for Arizona State (22-11), which went 0-10 against ranked opponents this season. The Sun Devils were seeking to reach the round of 16 for the third time in four years.
After averaging only 10 turnovers over its previous two games, Arizona State had 10 at halftime and finished with 16.
That wouldn’t have been a problem if the Sun Devils could have contained Black. But the gangly center kept getting free in the low post despite the effort of several defenders, each of whom thrust both elbows into Black’s back in an effort to deny her the ball.
Duke led 29-28 before a three-point play by Joy Cheek and a layup by Black sparked an 18-5 run that made it 47-34 with 11:19 to go.
But Arizona State made eight free throws in a 12-4 spurt that got the Sun Devils to 56-53. It was 59-57 before Black made two foul shots, and she added two more free throws with 29 seconds remaining to give Duke a six-point cushion.
Tennessee 78, Purdue 52
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Two days after Pat Summitt publicly challenged her team to play harder, the Lady Vols responded with a dominant defensive effort, crisp offense and a rout of host Purdue.
The win not only sent top-seeded Tennessee to its annual regional semifinal appearance, but also made Summitt the first coach in Division I basketball history — men’s or women’s — to record 100 wins in the tournament.
Tennessee (32-2) will face Notre Dame on Sunday.
Candace Parker had 24 points, eight rebounds and three blocks, and Alexis Hornbuckle had 14 points, five assists and eight of the Lady Vols’ 15 steals.
The ninth-seeded Boilermakers (19-15) were led by Keshia Mosley with 14 points.
Notre Dame 79, Oklahoma 75, OT
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Charel Allen scored a career-high 35 points and made all the big plays to rally Notre Dame from a late-seven point deficit.
Allen hit 10 of 21 shots, all 12 free throws and when the fifth-seeded Fighting Irish (25-8) needed her late, she did it all: force turnovers, score, draw fouls, even block shots.
Courtney Paris, last year’s national player of the year, finished with 24 points and 16 rebounds for fourth-seeded Oklahoma (22-9), extending her streak to 92 straight games with a double-double.
Greensboro Regional
Old Dominion 88, Virginia 85, OT
NORFOLK, Va. — The littlest player made the biggest shot for Old Dominion. Then one of the tallest made sure it would be enough to win a thrilling game.
Jazzmin Walters made a 3-pointer with 4.8 seconds left in overtime Tuesday night, and Tiffany Green blocked an attempt at a tying 3-pointer just before the buzzer, giving the Lady Monarchs an 88-85 victory over Virginia and a trip to the Greensboro Regional to play top-ranked Connecticut.
Fifth-seeded Old Dominion (31-4) fell behind 85-81 in overtime, but closed the game on a 7-0 run.
The 6-foot-2 Green met Lyndra Littles at the top of the key and blocked her shot. Littles, who scored 29 points, collected the rejection and tried again, but her second effort came up well short and the wild contest was finished.
Fourth-seeded Virginia (24-10), which trailed almost all night, forced overtime when Aisha Mohammed was fouled with 1.8 seconds to go — on the Cavaliers’ sixth shot from in close on the possession — and she swished the free throw to extend the gave 5 more minutes.
Walters led Old Dominion with 17 points and 10 assists and committed just one turnover. Green had 13 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks.
Connecticut 89, Texas 55
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Maya Moore scored 24 points and the Huskies shot a blistering 60 percent from the field, handing the Longhorns their worst tournament loss ever.
It’s the 15th straight season top-seeded UConn (34-1) has advanced to the regional semifinals. Renee Montgomery added 17 points and Tina Charles had 15 for the Huskies, who routed Cornell 89-47 in the opening round.
Carla Cortijo scored 18 points and Earnesia Williams added 12 to lead the eighth-seeded Longhorns (22-13).
Moore grabbed 12 rebounds and blocked three shots. She hit six of her first seven shots.
New Orleans Regional
Louisville 80, Kansas State 63
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Angel McCoughtry scored 24 and the Cardinals advanced to the regional semifinals for the first time in 12 tries.
Candyce Bingham added 12 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists for the Cardinals, who have won 13 of their last 15 games. Louisville (26-9) will play North Carolina in New Orleans. Chauntise Wright added 13 points.
Ashley Sweat had 16 points and reserve Kelsey Nelson added 12 to lead Kansas State (22-10).
North Carolina 80, Georgia 66
NORFOLK, Va. — Rashanda McCants scored 23 point and North Carolina used a 20-0 run spanning the halves to thwart the Bulldogs.
Erlana Larkins added 18 points and 10 rebounds for the top-seeded Tar Heels (32-2), who won their 15th consecutive game and first in six tries against the Bulldogs.
Tasha Humphrey, a four-time all-Southeastern Conference first-teamer, led Georgia with 20 points and 10 rebounds in her last college game. Megan Darrah added 14.
Eighth-seeded Georgia (23-10) led 33-26 before allowing a 10-0 run to end the first half and another to start the second.
Spokane Regional
Maryland 76, Nebraska 64
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Marissa Coleman and Kristi Toliver had 19 points apiece, Crystal Langhorne had 18 points and 12 rebounds, and the Terrapins held off Nebraska after blowing a 15-point lead.
Maryland (32-3) will next face fourth-seeded Vanderbilt (25-8) on Saturday.
This marks only the second time in its last eight tournament appearances that Maryland has advanced to the round of 16. The only other time, the Terrapins won the 2006 national championship.
Yvonne Turner scored a career-high 23 points for the Cornhuskers (21-12), who performed marvelously in an unfriendly environment.
Black scored a career-high 26 points and had 13 rebounds, and the third-seeded Blue Devils never trailed in a 67-59 victory over Arizona State on Tuesday night.
Black, a 6-foot-5 junior, was 9-for-20 from the field and 8-for-10 at the line. She also had three blocks, two assists and two steals. Jasmine Thomas, with 11 points, was the only other Duke player to reach double figures.
The Blue Devils (25-9) will next face No. 2 seed Texas A&M on Sunday in the semifinal round of the Oklahoma City Regional. The Blue Devils have now won at least two games in 11 consecutive NCAA tournaments.
Briann January scored 17 points and Lauren Lacey 13 for Arizona State (22-11), which went 0-10 against ranked opponents this season. The Sun Devils were seeking to reach the round of 16 for the third time in four years.
After averaging only 10 turnovers over its previous two games, Arizona State had 10 at halftime and finished with 16.
That wouldn’t have been a problem if the Sun Devils could have contained Black. But the gangly center kept getting free in the low post despite the effort of several defenders, each of whom thrust both elbows into Black’s back in an effort to deny her the ball.
Duke led 29-28 before a three-point play by Joy Cheek and a layup by Black sparked an 18-5 run that made it 47-34 with 11:19 to go.
But Arizona State made eight free throws in a 12-4 spurt that got the Sun Devils to 56-53. It was 59-57 before Black made two foul shots, and she added two more free throws with 29 seconds remaining to give Duke a six-point cushion.
Tennessee 78, Purdue 52
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Two days after Pat Summitt publicly challenged her team to play harder, the Lady Vols responded with a dominant defensive effort, crisp offense and a rout of host Purdue.
The win not only sent top-seeded Tennessee to its annual regional semifinal appearance, but also made Summitt the first coach in Division I basketball history — men’s or women’s — to record 100 wins in the tournament.
Tennessee (32-2) will face Notre Dame on Sunday.
Candace Parker had 24 points, eight rebounds and three blocks, and Alexis Hornbuckle had 14 points, five assists and eight of the Lady Vols’ 15 steals.
The ninth-seeded Boilermakers (19-15) were led by Keshia Mosley with 14 points.
Notre Dame 79, Oklahoma 75, OT
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Charel Allen scored a career-high 35 points and made all the big plays to rally Notre Dame from a late-seven point deficit.
Allen hit 10 of 21 shots, all 12 free throws and when the fifth-seeded Fighting Irish (25-8) needed her late, she did it all: force turnovers, score, draw fouls, even block shots.
Courtney Paris, last year’s national player of the year, finished with 24 points and 16 rebounds for fourth-seeded Oklahoma (22-9), extending her streak to 92 straight games with a double-double.
Greensboro Regional
Old Dominion 88, Virginia 85, OT
NORFOLK, Va. — The littlest player made the biggest shot for Old Dominion. Then one of the tallest made sure it would be enough to win a thrilling game.
Jazzmin Walters made a 3-pointer with 4.8 seconds left in overtime Tuesday night, and Tiffany Green blocked an attempt at a tying 3-pointer just before the buzzer, giving the Lady Monarchs an 88-85 victory over Virginia and a trip to the Greensboro Regional to play top-ranked Connecticut.
Fifth-seeded Old Dominion (31-4) fell behind 85-81 in overtime, but closed the game on a 7-0 run.
The 6-foot-2 Green met Lyndra Littles at the top of the key and blocked her shot. Littles, who scored 29 points, collected the rejection and tried again, but her second effort came up well short and the wild contest was finished.
Fourth-seeded Virginia (24-10), which trailed almost all night, forced overtime when Aisha Mohammed was fouled with 1.8 seconds to go — on the Cavaliers’ sixth shot from in close on the possession — and she swished the free throw to extend the gave 5 more minutes.
Walters led Old Dominion with 17 points and 10 assists and committed just one turnover. Green had 13 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks.
Connecticut 89, Texas 55
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Maya Moore scored 24 points and the Huskies shot a blistering 60 percent from the field, handing the Longhorns their worst tournament loss ever.
It’s the 15th straight season top-seeded UConn (34-1) has advanced to the regional semifinals. Renee Montgomery added 17 points and Tina Charles had 15 for the Huskies, who routed Cornell 89-47 in the opening round.
Carla Cortijo scored 18 points and Earnesia Williams added 12 to lead the eighth-seeded Longhorns (22-13).
Moore grabbed 12 rebounds and blocked three shots. She hit six of her first seven shots.
New Orleans Regional
Louisville 80, Kansas State 63
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Angel McCoughtry scored 24 and the Cardinals advanced to the regional semifinals for the first time in 12 tries.
Candyce Bingham added 12 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists for the Cardinals, who have won 13 of their last 15 games. Louisville (26-9) will play North Carolina in New Orleans. Chauntise Wright added 13 points.
Ashley Sweat had 16 points and reserve Kelsey Nelson added 12 to lead Kansas State (22-10).
North Carolina 80, Georgia 66
NORFOLK, Va. — Rashanda McCants scored 23 point and North Carolina used a 20-0 run spanning the halves to thwart the Bulldogs.
Erlana Larkins added 18 points and 10 rebounds for the top-seeded Tar Heels (32-2), who won their 15th consecutive game and first in six tries against the Bulldogs.
Tasha Humphrey, a four-time all-Southeastern Conference first-teamer, led Georgia with 20 points and 10 rebounds in her last college game. Megan Darrah added 14.
Eighth-seeded Georgia (23-10) led 33-26 before allowing a 10-0 run to end the first half and another to start the second.
Spokane Regional
Maryland 76, Nebraska 64
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Marissa Coleman and Kristi Toliver had 19 points apiece, Crystal Langhorne had 18 points and 12 rebounds, and the Terrapins held off Nebraska after blowing a 15-point lead.
Maryland (32-3) will next face fourth-seeded Vanderbilt (25-8) on Saturday.
This marks only the second time in its last eight tournament appearances that Maryland has advanced to the round of 16. The only other time, the Terrapins won the 2006 national championship.
Yvonne Turner scored a career-high 23 points for the Cornhuskers (21-12), who performed marvelously in an unfriendly environment.
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