South Carolina overcame a midgame charge from Louisville to take down the Cardinals 72-59 and advanced to the national championship. They’ll face off against women’s NCAA basketball powerhouse Connecticut, after the Huskies overcame a late charge by Stanford to hold on and win 63-58 in the second game of the night.
The Gamecocks started hot and ran out to an early lead but Louisville came back with a 10-0 run of their own to take the lead in the second quarter. But the #1 team in the nation came out of the halftime break hot and never looked back on their way to the semifinal win.
The first semifinal looked over early as @GamecockWBB ran out an 11-2 lead, but a 10-0 run capped by these two Emily Engstler buckets brought @UofLWBB right back in it.
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Early into the 3rd, it was @GamecockWBB who went on a run of their own! Destanni Henderson hit a triple early and the Gamecocks were off & running.
They lead 5⃣7⃣-4⃣8⃣over @UofLWBB with a quarter to play to decide who advances to the title game!#MarchMadness #WomensFinalFour pic.twitter.com/KQjsYEv3Lz
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Connecticut overcame 19 turnovers and held Stanford to only 17% from behind the arc en route to a 63-58 win that sends the Huskies to the title game. They’ll be hoping to win their 12th national title on Sunday night when they take on the Gamecocks.
It's 2⃣7⃣ to 2⃣6⃣ at halftime, as @UConnWBB lead @StanfordWBB after a slow start for both teams.
The Huskies led by as much as 5 but the Cardinal came back to take their first lead late in the 2nd quarter.
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🚨FINAL SCORE🚨
It'll be @GamecockWBB v @UConnWBB for the title Sunday night as the Huskies withstand a late charge by Stanford to win 6⃣3⃣ to 5⃣8⃣!
Our Ryan Radtke, @debbieantonelli & @kristablunk had the call live on Westwood One⤵️#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/YU6iT6O1IF
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