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Christopher Newport dominated the fourth quarter Friday in Lexington for a 74-62 victory over Gettysburg in the first round of the NCAA Division III women’s championship tournament.
The Captains (24-4), ranked 14th in the coaches’ poll and making their 10th straight NCAA appearance, outscored the Bullets 23-13 in the fourth quarter to advance to a round-of-32 game at 8 p.m. Saturday against homestanding Washington and Lee (29-0), the nation’s No. 3 team.
Mia Wilson scored 17 points, Madison McKenzie 16, Sarah Pritz 13, Hailey Kellogg 10 and McKenna Snively 10 for CNU. Snively had three assists and three steals.
CNU began the fourth quarter on an 11-2 run for a 62-51 edge with 6:40 remaining and wasn’t threatened. Gettysburg finished 21-7.
W&L romped past St. Mary’s of Maryland 73-44, leading 27-6 after one quarter and 48-15 at the half. Generals senior Mary Schleusner, Division III’s all-time leading rebounder, had 22 points and 13 rebounds.
Besides CNU and W&L, the other NCAA Division III qualifiers from Virginia lost. Randolph-Macon lost 60-45 to Otterbein, Shenandoah dropped a 90-45 game to No. 24 Trine, and Southern Virginia fell 82-47 to No. 8 Denison,
ACC
No. 19 North Carolina 85, Virginia Tech 68: Lanie Grant scored a career-high 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting, Nyla Harris had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and third-seeded UNC won an Atlantic Coast Conference quarterfinal in Duluth, Georgia.
UNC (26-6) plays second-seeded Louisville in the semifinals Saturday.
Grant hit 4 of 7 from 3-point range and Harris made 8 of 11 from the field. Elina Aarnisalo totaled 18 points, six assists and five rebounds for UNC.
Harris made a layup that gave the Tar Heels the lead for good and sparked an 11-2 run that made it 30-22 with 4:33 left in the second quarter.
Carleigh Wenzel made 14 of 15 from the free-throw line and finished with 26 points for sixth-seeded Virginia Tech (23-9) but was 6 of 17 from the field, 0 of 6 from 3-point range. The Hokies still are considered an almost-certain NCAA at-large team.
No. 12 Louisville 87, Syracuse 61: Six Cardinals scored at least 11 points as Louisville (26-6) dominated the Orange (23-8).
Tajianna Roberts scored 17 points, Reyna Scott had 15, and Mackenly Randolph, daughter of former NBA player Zach Randolph, had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Syracuse’s Uche Izoje had 22 points and nine rebounds.
Notre Dame 81, NC State 63: Hannah Hidalgo scored 25 points, Iyana Moore added 20 points, nine rebounds and three steals, and No. 5 seed Notre Dame beat the fourth-seeded Wolfpack. Notre Dame (22-9), which has won seven in a row and nine of 10, plays top-seeded Duke in the semifinals Saturday.
Hidalgo, who also had five rebounds and five assists, has scored at least 25 points in six consecutive games. Cassandre Prosper scored 13 points for the Irish.
NC State (20-10) had its three-game win streak snapped. Khamil Pierre had 17 points and 14 rebounds — her 21st double-double this season — for the Wolfpack.
No. 13 Duke 60, Clemson 46: Toby Fournier had 17 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks, Delaney Thomas added 14 points, and top-seeded Duke (22-8) won a quarterfinal.
The Blue Devils stunned Clemson (21-11) in the first half, forcing 11 turnovers and four shot-clock violations. The Blue Devils responded on offense, going 5 of 9 beyond the 3-point arc and 14 of 30 from the field against the same team that upset them 53-51 less than two weeks ago.
Atlantic 10
George Mason 87, Dayton 85, OT: Louis Volker’s buzzer-beating overtime layup lifted the second-seeded Patriots (22-8) over the seventh-seeded Flyers (17-14) in an Atlantic 10 quarterfinal at Henrico Sports & Events Center. George Mason will face Richmond in a semifinal at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Hampton High alumna Kennedy Harris scored 22 points and Zahirah Walton had 20 points and seven rebounds. Both were first-team All-A-10 picks for the defending champion Patriots.
Fatima Ibrahim led Dayton with 18 points and nine rebounds.
Richmond 70, La Salle 51: The third-seeded Spiders (26-6) led the Explorers (18-13) throughout the game. Maggie Doogan had 13 points, eight rebounds and five assists, and Ally Sweeney added 12 points and six rebounds.
UR is an NCAA at-large candidate even if doesn’t win the tournament, whose first semifinal (at 11 a.m. Saturday) is top-seeded Rhode Island versus Davidson.
Southeastern Conference
No. 3 South Carolina 87, No. 17 Kentucky 64: Joyce Edwards scored 21 points, and Madina Okot added 12 points and 13 rebounds for the top-seeded Gamecocks in the first quarterfinal in Greenville, South Carolina.
South Carolina (30-2) began its quest for a fourth straight SEC Tournament title and 10th in the past 12 seasons under coach Dawn Staley, shooting 53% from the field.
No. 6 LSU 112, No. 7 Oklahoma 78: MiLaysia Fulwiley had 22 points and eight assists, Flau’jae Johnson scored 16 of her 21 points in the second half, and LSU had the second-highest point total in SEC Tournament history, behind only Tennessee’s 118 in 1980.
Mikaylah Williams scored 14 points and Jada Richard had 13 for the Tigers (27-4), who held the Sooners (24-7) to 36% shooting.
No. 4 Texas 83, Alabama 60: Jordan Lee scored 16 points, Madison Booker contributed 11 points, 10 rebounds and six assists in limited action, and Texas (29-3) rolled into the semifinals with a victory over Alabama (23-10), the only non-Top 25 team to reach the SEC quarterfinals.
Texas will take a six-game winning streak into its semifinal against No. 24 Mississippi.
No. 24 Mississippi 89, No. 5 Vanderbilt 78: Former Virginia Cavalier Latasha Lattimore scored 28 points and Cotie McMahon had 27 for Ole Miss, which built a 32-point third-quarter lead and held on late.
Tianna Thompson added 16 points for the Rebels (23-10), who jumped to a 23-2 lead during their second win this season over Commodores (27-4).
Vanderbilt’s Mikayla Blakes, who averaged more than 30 points per game in conference play this season, missed her first 12 shots — including five 3s — but still finished with 24 points.
Big 12
No. 10 TCU 63, Brigham Young 46: The Horned Frogs advanced to the Big 12 semifinals in Kansas City, Missouri. TCU shot 37% from the field and had 14 turnovers, but TCU recorded nine blocks and eight steals.
Marta Suarez (17) and Taylor Bigby (13) combined for 30 points. Olivia Miles added 10 points, 10 rebounds and six assists to set a TCU single-season assist record (209).
Big Ten
No. 2 UCLA 78, Washington 60: Big Ten Player of the Year Lauren Betts had 26 points and eight rebounds, and Kiki Rice added 18 points and six assists in a Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal in Indianapolis.
The Bruins (29-1) won their 23rd consecutive game, matching last season’s mark for the longest winning streak in school history. They will face Ohio State on Saturday.
No. 8 Michigan 80, Oregon 58: Syla Swords scored 17 points and Olivia Olson had 16 for the Wolverines (25-5), who will face No. 9 Iowa in Saturday’s semifinals.
Katie Fiso scored 22 points on 10-of-16 shooting and Ehis Etute had 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Ducks (22-12).
No. 9 Iowa 64, Illinois 58: Ava Heiden scored 16 points and Hannah Stuelke finished with 13 points and five rebounds despite playing with an injured right elbow, leading Iowa to the semifinals. The Hawkeyes (25-5) have won seven straight and need two more wins to capture their fifth conference tourney crown in eight years.
Jasmine Brown-Haggard finished with 22 points for Illinois.
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