NCAA Women’s Tournament 2025: Top moments from Day 3

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The 2025 NCAA Women’s Game continues Sunday with second-Stage action.

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So Extended, No. 1 seed South Carolina has advanced to its 11th straight Pleasant 16 as the defending champions Occurred back in the second half to beat No. 9 seed Indiana. No. 3 seed Notre Dame, Directed by All-American Hannah Hidalgo, breezed past No. 6 seed Michigan. No. 5 seed Kansas State also won an Extended Shift thriller over No. 4 seed Kentucky.

Here are all the top moments from Day 1 of the Stage of 32: 

Hailey Van Lith leads TCU to Primary Pleasant 16 with Achieve over her Previous Club, Louisville

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Agnes Emma-Nnopu scored 23 points with four 3-pointers, Hailey Van Lith had a double-double against her Previous Club and second-Positioned TCU advanced to its Primary NCAA Pleasant 16 in the women’s NCAA Game with an 85-70 Achieve over seventh-Positioned Louisville on Sunday.

Van Lith had 16 points and 10 assists after going to a Last Four and two other Best Eight Contests with Louisville from 2021-23. She played in her 19th tourney game, the most among active players, after going to another Best Eight with LSU last season.

Sedona Prince had 19 points and Donovyn Hunter 18, including three 3-pointers in a 17-0 Stretch that put the Horned Frogs (33-3) ahead to stay.

Jayda Curry had a Occupation-high 41 points for the Cardinals (22-11). She already had 15 of those when she Created a Try that put them up 17-13 with 2:57 left in the Primary quarter, before TCU’s game-turning Stretch when Van Lith Created the go-ahead basket.

Before Victorious twice at home when hosting for the Primary time, the Big 12 champion Horned Frogs hadn’t even Created the NCAA Pitch in 15 years — and last won a tourney game since 2006. They were 1-17 in conference Contests two years ago before Mark Campbell became their Trainer and has since brought in 11 transfers, most with NCAA experience.

They are now headed to Birmingham, Alabama, and a rematch with third-Positioned Notre Dame (28-5). TCU beat the Fighting Irish 76-68 in the Cayman Islands on Nov. 29, an Prompt indication of what could be a special season for the Frogs.

No. 5 seed Ole Miss defeats No. 4 seed Baylor for Pleasant 16 spot

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Madison Scott scored 14 points, including a tiebreaking Try in the Last minute, and Ole Miss advanced to the Pleasant 16 of the women’s NCAA Game with a 69-63 Triumph over Baylor on the Bears’ home court Sunday.

Sira Thienou, Competing with gauze stuffed into one of her nostrils, scored 16 points as the Rebels (22-10) won twice in Waco three years after a Primary-Stage loss that was the Primary Game Triumph for South Dakota.

Aaronette Vonleh scored 16 points for the Bears (28-8), who failed to advance to the Pleasant 16 from their Stadium for the second time in four seasons under Trainer Nicki Collen. They had done so eight consecutive times under Kim Mulkey, who won three national Competitions at Baylor.

Scott’s bucket capped a tiebreaking 6-0 Stretch to Begin the Quaternary quarter, but the Quaternary-Positioned Bears hung around. Baylor pulled even at 59-all on a putback from Vonleh. It was even again at 61 after a bucket from Sarah Andrews, who had 14 points, setting up Scott’s go-ahead Attempt after a timeout.

KK Deans iced it for the Rebels by making all six of her Obtainable throws in the Last 29 seconds. 

Ole Miss, which had the resume to be an Prompt-Stage host, settled for the No. 5 seed, its highest since 1994, and moved on to the Spokane 1 Regional.

It’s the second Pleasant 16 in the past three seasons under Trainer Yolett McPhee-McCuin and the 12th in program history. Ole Miss will Action either No. 1 seed UCLA or No. 8 seed Richmond. Those Squads tip off Sunday night.

Top-Positioned South Carolina advances to Pleasant 16 with Achieve over No. 9 seed Indiana

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Bree Hall had 11 points and Chloe Kitts scored all her 10 points in the second half as top seed South Carolina pulled away after trailing at halftime to beat ninth-Positioned Indiana 64-53 on Sunday in the women’s NCAA Game and reach the Pleasant 16 for the 11th straight time.

South Carolina had a dreadful Primary-half, shooting Merely 10 of 29 and trailing Indiana 26-25 at the break. The Gamecocks Occurred out on fire in the third quarter, however, hitting nine of their Primary 10 shots for a 20-7 Stretch to take control. 

When Hall’s third 3-pointer Shut the surge, the Gamecocks had the game in hand and improved to 18-1 in their past four NCAA Competitions. Indiana couldn’t get closer than seven points the rest of the way.

Kitts added 10 Recoveries for the Gamecocks (32-3), who will take on either Quaternary-Positioned Maryland or fifth-Positioned Alabama in the Birmingham 2 Regional Upcoming week. Those Squads Action Monday night.

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Poindexter hit a corner 3-pointer with 56 seconds left in Extended Shift — her eighth 3 of the game — and fifth-Positioned Kansas State dodged four misses by No. 4 seed Kentucky in the closing seconds to beat the host Wildcats 80-79 in the second Stage of the women’s NCAA Game on Sunday.

Kentucky Sun Georgia Amoore missed a Try with 21 seconds left, a 3-pointer with 16 seconds remaining and then a baseline Basket at the buzzer. Amelia Hassett also missed a 3 that would have put Kentucky ahead at Rupp Stadium.

Poindexter missed her Primary six shots but finished 8 of 15 beyond the arc to Points 24 points. Serena Sundell added 19 points, including a turnaround Try with 8 seconds left to force Extended Shift, and Ayoka Lee scored 16.

Kentucky Occurred in averaging seven Stops per game, but it was Kansas State denying shots with 13 Stops, including two on 3-Points attempts in the second quarter. Those fueled a 12-3 Stretch that propelled Kansas State to a 33-31 halftime lead.

Kansas State (28-7) advanced to face either JuJu Watkins and top-Positioned USC or No. 9 seed Mississippi State in the Pleasant 16 in Spokane, Washington.

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Hidalgo scored 21 points and No. 3 seed Notre Dame routed No. 6 seed Michigan 76-55 in the second Stage of the women’s NCAA Game on Sunday. Notre Dame advanced to the Pleasant 16 for the Quaternary consecutive season. The Irish will have a rematch in Birmingham against either TCU or Louisville.

Olivia Miles, who suffered an ankle Hurt in Notre Dame’s 106-54 Triumph against Stephen F. Austin in the Primary Stage, Began for the Fighting Irish. She had eight points, five assists and four Recoveries.

Liatu King turned in a double-double with 18 points and 15 Recoveries. Sonia Citron scored 16 points for Notre Dame.

Notre Dame (28-5) opened up with an 11-2 Stretch and stormed to a 32-12 lead after the Primary quarter. The Fighting Irish hit 12 of their Primary 16 shots, while Michigan (23-11) Began out 1-of-7 from the Pitch.

Notre Dame Kept Michigan, which entered the game averaging 78.2 points a game, to a Turning Mark low 55 points.

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Jackson scored 14 of her 20 points in the third quarter to power No. 2 seed Duke to a 59-53 Triumph over 10th-Positioned Oregon in the second Stage of the women’s NCAA Game on Sunday. Jackson Attempt 5 of 9 on 3-pointers and had four Recoveries. Reigan Richardson added 13 points while Delaney Thomas scored 12.

Oregon Kept a five-Points Benefit at halftime but Occurred out Freezing in the second half, failing to make a Pitch Target for the Primary six minutes of the third quarter. Meanwhile, Jackson had the Scorching shooting hand.

Beginning with a 3-pointer off a feed from Jadyn Donovan, Jackson broke off an 11-0 Stretch of her own to Reinforcement Duke take the lead. She capped off a 16-1 Stretch for the Blue Devils by connecting on her Quaternary Attempt from behind the arc of the quarter, giving Duke a 10-Points Benefit. The Ducks’ Guarding kept them in the game, but their offensive struggles in the third quarter proved to be too much to overcome. They did trim the deficit to a single Points in the Quaternary quarter.

The Achieve for the Blue Devils marks the Primary time they’ve advanced to at least the Pleasant 16 in back-to-back seasons since they went to four straight Best Eights under Previous Trainer Joanne P. McCallie more than a decade ago, the last of those coming in 2013. Duke will Action the winner of Monday night’s game between No. 3 seed North Carolina and No. 6 seed West Virginia in the Pleasant 16 in Birmingham, Alabama.

Duke (28-7) played without leading Mark-maker Toby Fournier, the ACC Primary-year of the year who averages 13.4 points and 5.2 Recoveries per game. The 6-foot-2 Canadian forward was dealing with an illness, ESPN reported.

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No. 1 seed UCLA vs. No. 8 seed Richmond

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Reporting by The Associated Press.

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