Field Level Media
03 Mar 2025, 11:27 GMT+10
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Hannah Hidalgo posted 20 points, nine rebounds and six assists as No. 3 Notre Dame halted a two-game skid, defeating No. 25 Louisville 72-59 to gain a piece of the Atlantic Coast Conference championship on Sunday at South Bend, Ind.
Notre Dame (25-4, 16-2 ACC) shares the regular-season title with NC State, which will hold the No. 1 seed for the ACC tournament based on defeating the Irish in double overtime last Sunday in Raleigh, N.C. Notre Dame will be the No. 2 seed.
Olivia Miles scored 15 points and Sonia Citron and Maddy Westbeld both had nine for the Irish. Jayda Curry scored 19 points for Louisville (20-9, 13-5), which shot 30.1 percent from the field.
Notre Dame's 36-28 halftime lead dwindled to 40-35 before the Irish went on an 18-5 stretch to end the third quarter. Miles had seven points during that run, capped by a 3-pointer before the buzzer.
No. 1 Texas 72, Florida 46
Kyla Oldacre scored 18 points off the bench as the Longhorns completed their first Southeast Conference regular season in fine fashion at Austin, Texas.
Madison Booker's 14 points also boosted Texas (29-2, 15-1 SEC), which won despite 1-for-9 shooting on 3-pointers.
Ra Shaya Kyle had 12 points for the Gators (14-16, 5-11). The Longhorns built a double-figure lead early in the second quarter and were up 29-18 at halftime.
No. 5 Connecticut 92, Marquette 57
Paige Bueckers scored 19 points and Sarah Strong had 17 as the Huskies wrapped up another undefeated Big East Conference season by rolling at Storrs, Conn.
Azzi Fudd had 12 points and Aubrey Griffin added 11 for UConn (28-3, 18-0 Big East). Jaidynn Mason with 13 points and Skylar Forbes with 12 paced Marquette (20-9, 12-6).
UConn created an early surge, with Bueckers scoring 11 points as part of the team's 31-15 lead by the end of the first quarter. It was 54-34 at halftime.
No. 6 South Carolina 78, No. 15 Kentucky 66
Reserve Tessa Johnson racked up 16 points for the Gamecocks at Columbia, S.C.
Te-Hina Paopao had 13 points and Chloe Kitts posted 12 as South Carolina (27-3, 15-1 SEC) claimed a share of the SEC regular-season crown.
Clara Strack's 23 points and Georgia Amoore's 16 led Kentucky (22-6, 11-5), which was coming off Thursday's upset of No. 11 Tennessee. South Carolina led 41-33 at halftime and shot 49.2 percent from the field for the game.Virginia 78, No. 8 North Carolina 75
Latasha Lattimore tallied 23 points and the Cavaliers overcame an 18-point first-half deficit for their first victory in Chapel Hill, N.C., since 2010.
Paris Clark had 17 points and Edessa Noyan posted 16 for Virginia (16-14, 8-10 ACC). Maria Gakdeng poured in a career-best 25 points and Lexi Donarski had 18 for the Tar Heels (25-6, 13-5), who were coming off a loss at rival Duke on Thursday.
North Carolina played without injured starters Alyssa Ustby and Reniya Kelly, who both average just above 10 points per game. The Tar Heels scored the first six points of the second quarter for a 33-17 lead and later held a 41-23 edge.
No. 9 NC State 69, SMU 45
Aziaha James and Zoe Brooks both scored 19 points and the Wolfpack clinched the No. 1 seed for the ACC tournament by rolling past the Mustangs at Fort Worth, Texas.
Madison Hayes had 18 points for NC State (24-5, 16-2 ACC), which overcame 15 turnovers. Brooks made nine of 12 shots from the field and Hayes shot 7 of 11.
Zanai Jones racked up 17 points and Kylie Marshall notched 13 for SMU (10-20, 2-16), one of three teams failing to qualify for the ACC tournament. The Mustangs shot 33.9 percent from the field, including 3 of 15 on 3-pointers.Georgia 72, No. 11 Tennessee 69
Roxane Makolo's layup broke a tie with 1:55 to go and the Bulldogs held on for the upset at Knoxville, Tenn.
Mia Woolfolk poured in 20 points and De'Maun Flournoy notched 18 for Georgia (12-18, 4-12 Southeastern Conference), which won back-to-back games for the first time since mid-December. Asia Avinger and Trinity Turner both had 11 points and Makolo finished with 10.
Jewel Spear's 20 points and Zee Spearman's 19 paced Tennessee (21-8, 8-8), which shot 33.9 percent from the field. The Volunteers, who stumbled Thursday at No. 15 Kentucky, fell behind 39-26 by halftime. Tennessee scored the first 13 points of the second half before Georgia regrouped.--Field Level Media
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