The 2025 NCAA Women’s Tournament continues with the ultimate spherical of the Candy 16 on Saturday.
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Listed below are the highlights:
No. 2 seed TCU advances to first Elite Eight with win over No. 3 seed Notre Dame
Hailey Van Lith scored 12 of her 26 factors within the fourth quarter to assist second-seeded TCU beat No. 3 seed Notre Dame on Saturday, 71-62, within the Candy 16 of the ladies’s event.
Sedona Prince added 21 factors for the Horned Frogs (34-3), who superior to the Elite Eight for the primary time at school historical past. Subsequent up is top-seeded Texas or No. 5 seed Tennessee on Monday evening.
With the sport tied at 52 early within the fourth, Van Lith took over. She scored 5 of the following six factors for TCU to offer the group the lead. Each run that the Preventing Irish made, Van Lith and the Horned Frogs had a solution.
Van Lith, who began her profession at Louisville earlier than transferring to LSU final season after which TCU this previous 12 months, is on her method to a regional remaining for the fifth time.
Notre Dame (28-6) was attempting to succeed in the Elite Eight for the primary time since 2019. It obtained off to a sluggish begin earlier than rallying for a 35-33 halftime lead. Neither group led by greater than 4 factors within the second quarter.
Notre Dame perceived to blow the sport open early within the third quarter, scoring 9 straight factors. Olivia Miles was a giant a part of the run. She went behind her again whereas dribbling up the courtroom in transition earlier than throwing a no-look cross for a layup. Then she hit a 3 earlier than waving her arms in celebration as she made her approach down the courtroom.
TCU wasn’t rattled although. Van Lith made a few key defensive performs to maintain the Horned Frogs within the recreation, they usually trailed 52-50 going into the fourth. TCU made 22 of 24 free throws, together with all 16 within the second half.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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