Women's NCAA tournament continues Monday: A look at who's playing
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Updated: 12:02 AM CDT Mar 25, 2025
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Women's NCAA tournament continues Monday: A look at who's playing
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Updated: 12:02 AM CDT Mar 25, 2025
The second round of the 2025 Women's NCAA Tournament continues Monday with teams competing to be the best in college basketball.
Here is a look at Monday's games. Check back for updates throughout the day. (All times Eastern):
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(2) NC State defeats (7) Michigan State, 83-49
Aziaha James scored 26 points and second-seeded N.C. State made an NCAA Tournament program-record 15 shots from 3-point range in an 83-49 victory over seventh-seeded Michigan State in the women’s second round.
James connected for six 3s and Madison Hayes, who had 17 points, drilled five 3-pointers. Saniya Rivers added 17 points and 11 assists and Zamareya Jones had 12 points for the Wolfpack (28-6).
The Wolfpack will be in the Sweet 16 for the sixth time in coach Wes Moore’s 12 seasons.
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(1) Texas defeats (8) Illinois, 65-48
Madison Booker scored 20 points and No. 1-seed Texas used a smothering defense to earn a 65-48 victory over No. 8 Illinois in the second round of the women's NCAA Tournament.
The win sends the Longhorns to the Sweet 16 for the fourth time in the last five seasons. Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda added 19 points for Texas.
Texas outscored Illinois 18-6 in the second quarter, then broke the game open at the start of the third when the Longhorns stretched the lead to 24 after steals by Booker and Rori Harmon led to quick baskets. Adalia McKenzie led Illinois with 13 points.
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(3) Oklahoma defeats (6) Iowa, 96-62
Skylar Vann scored 17 points, Payton Verhulst added 16 and No. 3 seed Oklahoma cruised into the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament, dispatching No. 6 seed Iowa 96-62.
Raegan Beers had 11 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks in just 18 minutes for the Sooners.
Oklahoma coach Jennie Baranczyk beat her alma mater and advanced past the second round for the first time in her four years with the Sooners.
Oklahoma will play UConn or South Dakota State on Saturday in Spokane, Washington. Iowa had reached the previous two national title games with Caitlin Clark, who's now in the WNBA.
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(4) Maryland defeats (5) Alabama, 111-108
Sarah Te-Biasu made a tying 3-pointer late in the fourth quarter, then scored eight of her 26 points in the second overtime to help fourth-seeded Maryland outlast fifth-seeded Alabama 111-108 to advance to the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament.
The Terrapins advance to play top-seeded South Carolina, but to get there they had to overcome a career-high 45 points by Alabama’s Sarah Ashlee Barker — and a 17-point Crimson Tide lead in the third quarter.
After Te-Biasu forced the first overtime with her 3-pointer, Barker was fouled shooting a 3 with 0.7 seconds left in overtime.
She calmly swished all three attempts to tie it at 96 and send the game to a second extra session.
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(3) LSU vs. (6) Florida State, 101-71
Mikaylah Williams scored 28 points and Aneesah Morrow added 26 points and 11 rebounds, leading Flau’Jae Johnson and LSU to a runaway 101-71 victory over Florida State in the second round of the women’s NCAA Tournament.
Sa’Myah Smith had a season-high 20 points and 12 rebounds for LSU, which blew open what had been a 50-49 game at halftime by outscoring the Seminoles 31-6 in the third quarter.
Johnson, who played just seven minutes in the first half after banging her leg and committing two early fouls, returned to start the second half and stirred the home crowd into a frenzy with a series of electrifying plays.
Ta’Niya Latson scored 30 points for Florida State.
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(3) North Carolina defeats (6) West Virginia, 58-47
Alyssa Ustby scored 16 of her 21 points after halftime to help North Carolina beat West Virginia 58-47 on Monday night in the second round of the women’s NCAA Tournament.
The fifth-year senior’s big night included 10 third-quarter points for the third-seeded Tar Heels, who reached the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2022.
North Carolina will face Duke in a regional semifinal in Birmingham, Alabama — the first meeting between the rivals in the women’s March Madness bracket.
Jordan Harrison scored 10 points to lead the sixth-seeded Mountaineers, who haven't made the Sweet 16 since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1994.
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(2) UConn defeats (10) South Dakota State, 91-57
Paige Bueckers matched her career high with 34 points in her home finale, and second-seeded UConn reached its 31st straight Sweet 16 in the women’s NCAA Tournament, beating No. 10 seed South Dakota State 91-57.
Having said goodbye to her adoring fans at Gampel Pavilion, Bueckers turns her attention toward trying to bring UConn its 12th national title and first since 2016.
Azzi Fudd scored 17 points and Sarah Strong finished with 15 points, seven rebounds, five assists, three steals and two blocks for the Huskies, who will face Oklahoma in a regional semifinal in Spokane, Washington.
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(1) Southern California defeats (9) Mississippi State, 96-59
JuJu Watkins went down with a gruesome-looking knee injury five minutes into the game.
Top-seeded Southern California kept going without its star player, pummeling Mississippi State 96-59 to reach the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament for the second straight year.
Kiki Iriafen scored a season-high 36 points on 16 of 22 shooting. Freshman Avery Howell added 18 points as one of five Trojans in double figures.
The Trojans improved to 30-3 and will play Kansas State on Saturday in Spokane, Washington.
The Bulldogs got booed every time they touched the ball after Watkins was injured.
They were led by Jerkaila Jordan with 17 points.
