Here’s Part 1 of our roundup of Friday’s action:
No. 8 seed South Florida Bulls over No. 9 seed Marquette Golden Eagles, 67-65 (OT)
Marquette’s Mackenzie Hare had a three that would have given the Golden Eagles a one-point lead roll around and out at five seconds remaining in overtime. Marquette wasn’t able to get another shot off before time expired.
Hare missed a three at eight seconds remaining as well. Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu got the defensive rebound off that miss, was fouled and made a 1-of-2 free throws to give South Florida the 67-65 lead. Fankam Mendjiadeu finished with 22 points, 16 rebounds and two blocks and broke the USF single-season rebound record in the contest.
Jordan King notched 16 points, eight rebounds, three assists and five steals in defeat.
The Bulls shot just 2-of-18 from distance and lost the turnover margin by seven, but were 19-of-23 at the stripe.
No. 10 seed Georgia Lady Bulldogs over No. 7 seed Florida State Seminoles, 66-54
Playing without Ta’Niya Latson, FSU came out and won the first quarter 18-13. However, the Seminoles couldn’t keep it up, losing the second 22-12 and the fourth 21-14 en route to the 66-54 loss.
Diamond Battles paced Georgia with 21 points. Erin Howard fought for 19 points and nine boards in defeat. The Seminoles shot just 26.9 percent from the field and were outrebounded 48-38.
No. 6 seed Michigan Wolverines over No. 11 seed UNLV Lady Rebels, 71-59
Emily Kiser (18 points, 2-of-3 from three, 10 rebounds, six assists, three steals), Leigha Brown (17 points, seven assists), Maddie Nolan (18 points, 4-of-6 from three) and Laila Phelia (eight points, 11 rebounds) all came to play for the Wolverines, who won the first quarter 17-9. Essence Booker dropped in 16 points to go along with four assists in defeat.
Michigan attempted 10 fewer threes but won 3-point efficiency 40 percent to 28 percent. It attempted nine more free throws and made seven more. Rebounding went in favor of the Wolverines, 41-31.
No. 7 seed Arizona Wildcats over No. 10 seed West Virginia Mountaineers, 75-62
Arizona scored 28 points in the first quarter and its star Cate Reese finished with 25 points, six rebounds and three assists. JJ Quinerly posted 19 points, eight boards and three steals in defeat and West Virginia trailed by just seven at the break, but the Mountaineers weren’t able to take the Wildcats down to the wire.
Arizona won field goal percentage 46.2 to 31.3, while both teams struggled from beyond…
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