Welcome to championship week, basketball fans. This week we’ll find out which teams will punch their ticket to the Big Dance, earning one of the 32 guaranteed bids for the NCAA women’s tournament.
The action continues Sunday with seven conference finals and Caitlin Clark got things started early in the day as Iowa mounted a furious comeback to beat Nebraska in the Big Ten title game. It was the Hawkeyes’ third consecutive conference tournament win and they needed extra time to topple a lively Nebraska team. Clark finished with 34 points, 12 assists and 7 rebounds in the winning effort.
The action continues in the afternoon as the ultra-talented Angel Reese takes the floor with LSU against undefeated South Carolina.
Here’s the full schedule:
Big Ten: Nebraska vs. Iowa, noon ET
Southern: UNC Greensboro vs. Chattanooga, noon ET
ACC: Notre Dame vs. NC State, 1:00 p.m. ET
SEC: LSU vs. South Carolina, 3:00 p.m. ET
Atlantic 10: Rhode Island vs. Richmond, 4:00 p.m. ET
Pac-12: USC vs. Stanford, 5:00 p.m. ET
Big South: Presbyterian vs. Radford, 6:00 p.m. ET
To stay current with all major plays, big wins and heartbreaking losses, follow along below.
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There are going to be a lot of fouls and decisions made by the refs here shortly. The fan, who per the ESPN broadcast was Flau’Jae Johnson’s brother, was taken off in handcuffs.
A scrum has broken out at midcourt. Ashley Watkins had gotten into the face of Flau-Jae Johnson and she didn’t like it. Then Kamilla Cardoso threw Watkins to the ground and a fan jumped the scorer’s table onto the court.
LSU had pieced together a 9-0 run to cut it to 1 point, but South Carolina finally stops it with a short jumper. There are just under 3 minutes left; it’s going to come down the wire in Greenville.
South Carolina freshman MiLaysia Fulwiley is one point off her career-high of 21 points. She started the season big for the Gamecocks in the season opener against Notre Dame (17points, six assists, six steals). And has been key to their SEC tournament run after averaging 11 ppg over the season. Look for her to have big games in the NCAA Tournament as this freshman class that includes USC’s JuJu Watkins and Notre Dame’s Hannah Hidalgo takes over.
End of Q3: South Carolina 59, LSU 53
The Tigers could’ve cut it to a single possession heading into the final quarter but couldn’t find the net with several chances at the rim and South Carolina took advantage with a transition score to extend its lead.
MiLaysia Fulwiley is on fire after hitting consecutive threes and a breakaway layup. That’s 20 points for her as South Carolina gets its lead back up to double digits.
UConn’s Paige Bueckers had another strong outing in the Huskies’ Big East semifinal win over Marquette. She finished with 27 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 blocks and 3 steals. UConn will play the winner of Georgetown and Creighton in the title game.
The Gamecocks have opened up a double-digit lead now and are scoring with ease. The Tigers’ lack of depth is once again evident.
Of course, you don’t need to worry about all that when you can finish like this.
We’re out of the break and Kamilla Cardoso just picked up her third foul. That could be huge as these two teams fight in the post down the stretch.
End of Q2: South Carolina 36, LSU 32
It was a highly physical first 20 minutes of action. Aneesah Morrow leads all scorers with 11 at the break.
LSU vs. South Carolina
It’s still tight with under 2 minutes left until halftime, but Fulwiley is heating up.
Angel Reese was given her second foul and it was reviewed for excessive contact and upgraded to an intentional foul. Reese hit South Carolina’s Kamilla Cardoso in the face with an extended arm and is headed to the bench. It’s been chippy between the two early in this one.
Raven Johnson is finding a rhythm now, hitting from deep.
End of Q1: South Carolina 18, LSU 15
The Tigers started out getting easy buckets and had an early lead, but the Gamecocks tightened up defensively late in the quarter to take the lead after an 11-2 run.
Morrow has six points and the Tigers have jumped out to a 13-7 lead early.
The SEC championship is underway and the Tigers are on the board first as Aneesah Morrow gets an easy bucket right away. Angel Reese follows up with her own jumper later.
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