After the completion of Saturday’s games, the field for the Elite Eight in the women’s NCAA Tournament is set.
With the games came winners and losers, and here are three of each.
Winners
TCU’s starting five
In a 71-62 win against Notre Dame, the starting five for the Horned Frogs combined for all 71 of the team’s points.
Hailey Van Lith scored 26 of those 71, and Sedona Prince also got to the 20-point mark with 21 points. TCU used just two bench players (Aaliyah Roberson and Taylor Bigby) and the two played just five and nine minutes, respectively.
USC
The absence of star point guard JuJu Watkins loomed large for the Trojans on Saturday, but they were able to pull through without her with a 67-61 win over Kansas State.
Kennedy Smith stepped up in a big way, scoring 19 points, well above her season average of 9.2 points per game. Avery Howell did the same, scoring 18, well above her season average of 7.1 points per game.
Paige Bueckers
Bueckers is the best player remaining in the tournament and she showed that in an 82-59 win over Oklahoma.
Bueckers scored a career-high 40 points and helped the Huskies rally from a four-point halftime deficit and easily win the game and advance to the Elite Eight.
