The primary day of the ladies’s Candy 16 is full and half of the sector for the Elite Eight is ready.
South Carolina, Duke, LSU and UCLA all punched their tickets on Friday, and we are going to get matchups of South Carolina-Duke and UCLA-LSU on Sunday. With the 4 video games got here winners and losers, so right here they’re.
Winners
South Carolina’s bench scoring
The Gamecocks discovered themselves in a canine battle with No. 4 seeded Maryland as South Carolina trailed by two on the half.
Led by MiLaysia Fulwiley’s 16 second-half factors off the bench, South Carolina was in a position to come from behind and dangle on for a 71-67 win. As a staff, the Gamecocks bench outscored their starters 40-31. With out the bench scoring, the Gamecocks would’ve exited the event a lot sooner than anticipated.
Lauren Betts
The star participant for UCLA did what she’s been doing all season lengthy and that’s dominating a recreation on each ends of the ground.
Betts (31 factors) completed with 25+ factors for the second straight recreation within the NCAA Event. The matchup between her and LSU’s Aneesah Morrow on Sunday can be extraordinarily enjoyable to observe
Aneesah Morrow
Talking of Morrow, she collected the 103rd double-double of her profession Friday evening in LSU’s 80-73 win in opposition to North Carolina State.
It was a lot wanted for the Tigers, as she completed with 30 factors and 19 rebounds, main the sport in each classes. If she is ready to put up numbers like that for the rest of the event, LSU can be a troublesome staff to knock out.
