Miami women shock top-seed Indiana in March Madness

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Destiny Harden made ashot in the lane with 3.5 seconds left to send ninth-seeded Miamipast top-seeded Indiana 70-68 on Monday night, lifting theHurricanes to their first Sweet 16 since 1992.

The Hoosiers (28-4) became the second No. 1 seed to beeliminated in two nights. Stanford was upset Sunday on its homecourt. It’s the second time since the bracket expanded to 64 teamsin 1994 that two No. 1 seeds didn’t make the Sweet 16. It alsohappened in 1998.

Harden finished with 18 points and Lola Pendade had 19 pointsfor the Hurricanes (21-12), who never trailed.

Indiana tied the score at 68 on Yarden Garzon’s 3-pointer with6.6 seconds left but couldn’t get the defensive stop it needed andturned the ball over on the final possession to seal their onlyhome loss of the season.

No. 4 VILLANOVA 76, No. 12 FLORIDA GULF COAST 57

VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Maddy Siegrist scored 31 points and sentthe winningest team in Villanova history into the Sweet 16 for thesecond time in program history with a win over Florida GulfCoast.

The fourth-seeded Wildcats (30-6) won their record 30th game andcelebrated the March Madness milestone in front of another packedhouse at the Pavilion. Siegrist, the first-team AP All-American,made 13 of 24 shots in what was likely her final home game. Thefour-year star has left some wiggle room that she could return fora fifth season, but all signs point toward her playing in the WNBAthis summer.

One thing is sure, Siegrist is headed to the Sweet 16.

The Wildcats are going for the first time since 2003 -- thecoach of that team, Harry Perretta, watched this one from behindthe basket -- and they will the play winner of Monday’s game inIndianapolis between top-seeded Indiana and No. 9 seed Miami.

SEATTLE 3 REGION

No. 4 TENNESSEE 94, NO. 12 TOLEDO 47

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Reserves Sara Puckett and JillianHollingshead led five Lady Vols in double figures with 13 pointsapiece as Tennessee routed Toledo.

This is the first time since 2015 and 2016 that Tennessee(25-11) has reached consecutive Sweet 16s and the first in coachKellie Harper’s fourth season. The Lady Vols now have reached theSweet 16 for the 36th time as the only program to play in all 41NCAA Tournaments.

Toledo (29-5) snapped a program record 17-game winning streakand missed out on its first Sweet 16. The Rockets lost for thefirst time since Jan. 18 at Bowling Green, which was avenged in theMid-American Conference Tournament championship for their firstNCAA Tournament berth since 2017.

Quinesha Lockett led Toledo with 19 points.

No. 3 OHIO STATE 71, No. 6 NORTH CAROLINA 69

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Jacy Sheldon made a tiebreaking jumper inthe lane with 1.8 seconds left to lift Ohio State to a win overNorth Carolina and help the Buckeyes advance to the Sweet 16 forthe second straight season.

With the game tied, Sheldon took the pass from Eboni Walker andfloated in the game-winning score. North Carolina had one finalchance, but turned it over with a second remaining.

Ohio State (27-7) saw its 12-point lead with 7:02 to go erasedas the Tar Heels went on a 13-2 run midway through the fourthquarter. The Tar Heels did most of that run without star DejaKelly, who exited midway through the final quarter with a leginjury. She went to the locker room, but returned to the court ashort time later.

Trailing 66-63, Kelly made two free throws before Paulina Parismade a layup in transition to give the Tar Heels (22-11) its firstlead of the game with 2:09 left.

No. 2 UCONN 77, No. 7 BAYLOR 58

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Azzi Fudd scored 16 of her 22 points in adecisive third quarter, leading UConn to a win over Baylor and intoa 29th straight Sweet 16.

Aaliyah Edwards added 19 points and Nika Muhl had 10 assists forthe Huskies (31-5). Dorka Juhasz chipped in with 11 points andCaroline Ducharme added 10.

Ja’mee Asberry scored 15 points and Jaden Owens had 14 forBaylor, which finishes its season 20-13. Bella Fontleroy scored 12points for the Bears, who made 12 3-pointers after hitting 14 intheir first-round win over Alabama.

But the Huskies dominated inside, outscoring the Bears 36-12 inthe paint and outrebounding Baylor 42-31.

SEATTLE 4 REGION

No. 5 LOUISVILLE 73, No. 4 TEXAS 51

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Hailey Van Lith scored 21 points andLouisville rolled over Texas on the Longhorns’ home court to sendthe the Cardinals to the Sweet 16 for the sixth NCAA Tournament inrow.

In a matchup of two teams that began the season in the Top 10only to all out of the rankings before regrouping late, theCardinals smothered the Longhorns and standout point guard RoriHarmon all night, stretching a 14-point halftime lead to 21 by endof the third quarter.

Louisville (25-11) led by as much as 27 early in the fourth. Thewin sends the Cardinals to the Seattle 4 Region to play No. 8-seedMississippi, which upset No. 1 Stanford on Sunday.

DeYona Gaston scored 12 points to lead Texas (26-10).

No. 6 COLORADO 61, No. 3 DUKE 53

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Quay Miller had 17 points and 14 rebounds,and Aaronette Vonleh converted two overtime baskets in the laneafter picking up her fourth foul, helping Colorado beat Duke.

Jaylyn Sherrod had 14 points and Vonleh finished with 12 as theBuffaloes (25-8) advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time in 20years.

Elizabeth Balogun scored 14 points and Reigan Richardson had 10,but the Blue Devils didn’t hit a field goal in overtime. Dukeovercame a 13-point deficit in regulation.

Next up for Colorado is Caitlin Clark and Iowa in the Seattle 4Region semifinals.

Duke lost for the third time in its last four second-round homegames in the NCAA tourney.

GREENVILLE 1 REGION

No. 4 UCLA 82, No. 5 OKLAHOMA 73

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charisma Osborne scored a career-high 36points in her final game at Pauley Pavilion and UCLA rallied in thefourth quarter after blowing an 18-point lead to defeatOklahoma.

The Bruins, who had an 18-point lead in the second quarter,found themselves trailing 54-50 late in the third quarter beforeOsborne started the comeback. She drove the lane and hit a layupwhile being fouled by Beatrice Culliton. Osborne made the ensuingfree throw to bring them within one.

She had 13 points in the final 10 minutes as the Bruins (26-7)advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2019. UCLAregained control by going on a 6-1 run at the beginning of thefourth.

Kiki Rice added 14 points for the Bruins, who will facetop-ranked South Carolina on Saturday in a Greenville 1 Regionalsemifinal. UCLA hung tough with the Gamecocks earlier in the seasonbefore losing 73-64.

Madi Williams scored 24 points and Ana Llanusa 15 for theSooners, who end their season 26-7.