The Candy 16 continues on Saturday on the ladies’s facet and two groups will punch the primary tickets to the Remaining 4 on the lads’s facet.
We’ve got one other loaded slate with six video games and several other stars in motion. Iowa’s Caitlin Clark and UConn’s Paige Bueckers are each again on the courtroom and seeking to extend their groups’ NCAA event runs. On the lads’s facet, top-seeded UConn’s march to a different title continues whereas Alabama and Clemson meet in a shock Elite Eight matchup.
Strap in for one more enjoyable day of faculty hoops.
Candy 16 Saturday schedule
Girls’s schedule (all instances Jap):
No. 3 LSU 78, No. 2 UCLA 69
No. 1 Iowa 89, No. 5 Colorado 68
No. 1 USC 74, No. 5 Baylor 70
8 p.m. — No. 3 UConn vs. No. 7 Duke (ESPN)
Males’s schedule:
No. 1 UConn 77, No. 3 Illinois 52
8:49 p.m. — No. 4 Alabama vs. No. 6 Clemson (TBS)
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Duke being solely down 10 after capturing 5-of-24 with 13 turnovers is actually an accomplishment.
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Ashlon Jackson makes the primary 3-pointer of the complete sport to chop the result in 10 at halftime. UConn is up 23-13 in an absolute rock struggle up to now. Aaliyah Edwards has 10 factors, 4 rebounds, two steals and two blocks.
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UConn simply made its first substitution of the sport, pulling Aaliyah Edwards for Ice Brady. Robust to fault going with what’s working (comparatively) with them up 21-10.
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Duke scored, breaking a seven-plus minute scoring drought. Now 17-8 UConn. The one factor preserving the Blue Devils on this sport is seven offensive rebounds on 15 misses.
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Duke is as much as 11 turnovers in 14 minutes of play after a shot clock violation.
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And Bueckers instantly follows with an and-1 off an excellent move from Nika Muhl. UConn’s now up 15-6 in a glacier-slow sport.
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Paige Bueckers misses a pair of free throws then picks up a dumb foul, her second. She’ll maintain taking part in.
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UConn star Aaliyah Edwards goes down and initially takes off her masks whereas clutching her leg, however she’s staying in.
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In the meantime, the UConn ladies’s staff is up 10-6 on Duke after the primary quarter. It has been a sluggish begin for each groups, who’ve mixed to shoot 8-of-27 with eight turnovers.
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Illinois head coach Brad Underwood mentioned earlier than the sport “I don’t care if he blocks 100, we’re going after him” about Donovan Clingan. The tip outcome: 22 factors on 9-of-13 capturing, 10 rebounds, 4 blocks, three steals, zero turnovers and one private foul.
Illinois may do nothing whereas he was within the paint.
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Remaining: UConn 77, Illinois 52
The Huskies completely throttle the Illini to advance to their second straight Remaining 4. They’re two video games away from turning into the primary repeat champions since 2006-07 Florida.
The sport was tied 23-23 at one level within the first half. A number of minutes later, it was 53-23 UConn. The No. 1 general seed appears to be like just like the clear finest staff within the event, and can now face both Clemson or Alabama for a return to the nationwide championship sport.
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UConn’s up 30 with six minutes left and Stephon Citadel did this. They’re operating out the clock in Boston.
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