Georgia Amoore scored 23 of her 27 points in the second half, her 15th 20-point game of the season. On Friday, short-handed Virginia Tech defeated Miami 55-47 at Greensboro Coliseum to advance to the ACC Tournament semifinals for the third straight year. .
Top-seeded and No. 11 ranked Tech (24-6) has not played since Sunday, but will play No. 14 Notre Dame on Saturday. The Hokies lost their game at Notre Dame on Feb. 29, 71-58.
Virginia Tech was without three-time ACC Player of the Year Elizabeth Kitley due to a knee injury. She was ruled out of the ACC Tournament and will be reevaluated next week with hopes of playing in the NCAA.
Amour was substituted in the second half. She scored eight of Virginia Tech's 11 points in the third quarter, hitting a running jumper from the corner with 43 seconds left and a layup just before the buzzer to extend the lead to 36-33.
Virginia Tech made baskets on three consecutive possessions and scored six straight points to take a 45-37 lead and lead for the rest of the game.
Clara Strzok, a 6-foot-5 freshman, replaced the slow Kitley with 10 points, five rebounds and two blocks in 27 minutes.
Jasmine Roberts scored 12 points and Cheyenne Day-Wilson added 11 points for Miami (19-12). Jahlia Williams had a career-high 12 rebounds.
Continuation of ACC quarterfinals
No. 10 NC State 54, Duke 51: Princess Anne High School graduate Asiaha James scored 16 points to help the second-seeded Wolfpack overcome offensive struggles for three quarters.
Freshman Zoe Brooks added 12 points for the Wolfpack. That included a key driving basket past Taina Mare with 58.8 seconds left. On Duke's final possession, Maher missed a 3-point shot to tie the game.
No. 14 Notre Dame 77, No. 24 Louisville 68: Sonia Citron scored 26 points and Hannah Hidalgo added 21 points, with both players making double-digit free throws for the Irish.
Louisville center Olivia Cochran made a layup to bring the score to 71-68 with 30.9 points left, but shortly after, Louisville coach Jeff Walz got into an argument with officials and was given his second technical of the game. A foul was given.
big ten quarterfinals
3rd place Iowa 95, Pennsylvania State 62: Caitlin Clark had 24 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists on a poor shooting night in Minneapolis, breaking the NCAA Division I single-season 3-point shooting record for either men or women.
Clark missed his first 11 threes, but eventually connected in the fourth quarter. It was her 163rd 3-pointer of the season, the most by a DI player ahead of Davidson's Stephen Curry and Liberty's Darius McGee. Clark made 2 of 14 from long range and 5 of 19 overall, but Iowa State (27-4) still had little trouble against Penn State (19-12).
For Iowa State, Sidney Affolter had a career-high 18 points and nine rebounds. Gabby Marshall had 15 points, Taylor McCabe had 12 points and Kate Martin had 11 points and nine boards.
Maryland 82, 4th Ohio State 61: Shan'ann Sellers had 25 points, eight rebounds and seven assists to lead the upset of the University of Maryland in Indianapolis. Brynae Alexander and Jakia Brown-Turner each scored 19 points for the Terrapins, and Faith Masonius added 15 points and 11 rebounds. The University of Maryland improved his record to 19-12 with an outstanding performance that led to an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament.
The Buckeyes' quest for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament took a hit, falling to 25-5.
Nebraska 73, Michigan 61: Alexis Murkowski had 22 points and 12 rebounds, Natalie Potts had 15 points and 11 rebounds, and Nebraska (21-10) advanced to play Maryland. MSU fell to 22-8.
Pac-12 semifinals
2nd place Stanford 66, Oregon State 57: Hannah Jump scored 20 points for Stanford, which rebounded from a 16-point first-half deficit against Las Vegas.
The Cardinal outscored Oregon State 23-8 in the third quarter, capping a late surge by the Beavers. Stanford (27-4) will play Southern California on Sunday for the 16th Pac-12 Championship.
Cardinal's Cameron Brink had 16 points and 12 rebounds. Reagan Beers led the Beavers (24-7) with 17 points.
5th place Southern California 80, 7th place UCLA 70, 2 OTs: JuJu Watkins had 33 points and 10 rebounds for the Trojans (25-5), who defeated the Bruins 13-3 in the second overtime.
Charisma Osborne led UCLA (25-6) with 21 points. Lauren Betts added 17 points and 18 rebounds.
SEC quarterfinals
No. 8 LSU 78, Auburn 48: Fraujai Johnson scored 17 of his 25 points in the first half, Angel Reese had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and LSU took a 21-0 lead. Second-seeded LSU will play third-seeded Mississippi State in Saturday's semifinals.
Atlantic 10 Quarterfinals
Richmond 70, Loyola Chicago 54: The top-seeded Spiders (27-5) got 18 points from Adi Budnik and 13 from Maggie Dougan in front of an announced crowd of 3,550 at the new Henrico Sports & Events Center. Grace Townsend had eight points and nine assists. Sam Galanopoulos scored a game-high 22 points for the Ramblers.
Duquesne 63, George Mason 62: In a game that saw seven lead changes, the Dukes (20-11) defeated the Patriots (23-7) and likely sent George Mason to the WNIT.
Tess Meyers led Duquesne with 12 points, all from 3-point range. Megan McConnell had eight points, 10 rebounds and six assists.
George Mason's Sonia Smith scored a game-high 24 points, and Paula Suarez contributed with 17 points.
Lake Taylor High School graduate Jazmine Doster had five points and six rebounds, while Hampton High School graduate Jazmine Doster had five points and six rebounds.
Kennedy Harris missed the game at VCU with a lower back injury he suffered when he collided with the post below the basket.
St. Louis 65, VCU 63: Ocean Lakes High School graduate Kyla McMakin scored 16 points and Peyton Kennedy scored 22 points, including her 1,000th career point, as the Billikens (16-17) defeated the second-seeded Rams (26-5). .
The defending champion Billikens, led by former William & Mary and Longwood coach Rebecca Tillett, will face Rhode Island in Saturday's semifinals. St. Louis made 19 of 21 free throws and VCU made 5 of 10.
For VCU, Atlantic 10 Player of the Year Sara Te Vyas had 22 points and Mary Anna Asare had 16 points and will likely play in the WNIT.
Sunbelt quarterfinals
James Madison 77, Southern Mississippi 49: The third-seeded Dukes (22-10) lead the Golden Eagles (18-13) 44-10 in Pensacola, Fla., and will face seventh-seeded Louisiana in the semifinals Sunday at 3 p.m. ET.
Peyton McDaniel had 21 points and 11 rebounds for defending champion JMU. Former Lake Taylor High School and Old Dominion player Ashanti Burns had 15 points and nine rebounds.
Big 12 first round
West Virginia 70, Cincinnati 55: JJ Kunally, a junior guard from Lake Taylor High School, led all scorers with 18 points on 58.3% field goal shooting as the Mountaineers (24-6) advanced to the quarterfinals in Kansas City, Missouri. I stood there. They will play Kansas State Saturday at 9 p.m. ET.
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big south quarterfinals
Longwood 69, Winthrop 56: Wallin Knapper had 20 points for the fifth-seeded Lancers (19-13), who will face top-seeded tournament host High Point in Saturday's semifinals.
Knapper had six rebounds for the Lancers. Emmanuel Richards added 11 points and five rebounds.
Sincere McMahon scored 19 points for the Eagles (17-15).
High Point 77, Radford 63: Abdoulaye Thiam and Duke Miles each scored 20 points as the top-seeded Panthers (25-7) overcame an 18-4 deficit.
Juslin Bodo Bodo scored 14 points, finishing 7 of 9 from the floor.
Chandler Turner led the Highlanders with 19 points (16-17). Justin Archer had 15 points and 10 rebounds for Radford.
Southern Conference 1st round
East Tennessee State 98, VMI 66: Tyler Rice had 13 points for seventh-seeded East Tennessee State in a 98-66 win over 10th-seeded VMI in Asheville, North Carolina.
ETSU will play second-seeded UNC Greensboro in the quarterfinals on Saturday.
Rice was 5-of-8 from the field for the Buccaneers (17-15). Teshaud Jackson had 16 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists for the Keydets (4-28), who ended the season with a 12-game losing streak.
NCAA Division III Round of 16
Calvin 72, Randolph Macon 59: The Yellow Jackets (25-5), ranked No. 4 by d3hoops.com, were eliminated by the No. 10 Michigan Knights (25-4) in the tournament in Hartford, Conn. For Calvin, Jalen Overweh had 29 points and 12 rebounds.
Daniel Mbange led R-MC with 16 points, six rebounds, three assists and three steals.
Calvin went on a 10-0 run to go up 12-6 and never gave the lead back.
Hampden-Sydney 91, Rowan 76: The host Tigers (29-2), ranked No. 1 by d3hoops.com, advanced to the quarterfinals by outscoring the Profs (21-8) by 1,200 points at Fleet Gym.
Chase Turner, a product of Landstown High School in Virginia Beach, came off the bench for H-SC and had six points and seven rebounds in 19 minutes.
The Knights will play No. 19 Nebraska Wesleyan for a spot in the Final Four on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Senior Josiah Hardy led H-SC with 20 points, and fifth-year student Ryan Clements had 18 points.
regular season
No. 25 Dayton 91, VCU 86, OT: Kobe Elvis made back-to-back 3-pointers and two free throws with 1:09 left in overtime against the host Flyers (24-6, 14-4 Atlantic 10) in a heated final game of the regular season. Ta. .
Max Shulga made a 3-pointer with four seconds left to bring VCU within two points, but foul shots by Enoch Cheeks and Darron Holmes II gave Dayton the lead, making it 15-0 at home. finished.
Dayton was confirmed as the No. 3 seed in the tournament. VCU (19-12, 11-7) missed out on a double-bye and earned the No. 5 seed.
Boise State 79, No. 21 San Diego State 77, OT: Cam Martin made two free throws with 1.7 seconds left and Max Rice hit from about 40 feet early in overtime as the Broncos (22-9, 13-5) kept their chances alive. He made a highlight-reel 3-point shot. West title.
Jadon Reedy had 21 points for the Aztecs (9-for-22, 7-for-11).
