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No. 10 Creighton continues unlikely run to Elite 8 with win over No. 3 Iowa State

No. 10 Creighton continues unlikely run to Elite 8 with win over No. 3 Iowa State

Morgan Maly scored a career-high 21 points to help 10th-seeded Creighton beat Iowa State 76-68 in Friday night’s NCAA Tournament, matching the lowest ever seed to reach a women’s regional final.

Tatum Rembao added 19 for the Bluejays, who entered the Greensboro Region semifinals savouring the program’s first run to the Sweet 16. Now, Creighton has joined Lamar in 1991 and Oregon in 2017 as 10-seeds that pushed to the Elite Eight.

The challenge ahead is even bigger for the Greensboro Region upstart: a matchup with No. 1 overall tournament seed South Carolina for a trip to the Final Four.

Creighton (23-9), which upset second-seeded Iowa in the second round, shot 55 per cent after halftime with six 3-pointers. As third-seeded Iowa State (28-7) made a desperate comeback to within three points, the Bluejays maintained control by knocking down enough free throws to keep the Cyclones and Associated Press second-team All-American Ashley Joens at arm’s distance.

Rembao was key in that,…

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