Canada's Laeticia Amihere helps top-seeded South Carolina defeat Miami

Aliyah Boston scored 10 points and 16 rebounds as top-seeded South Carolina had to ride its strong defence to a 49-33 win over Miami on Sunday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

The Gamecocks (31-2) again held an opponent without a field goal in the second quarter and Miami (21-13) shot just 24 per cent for the game as South Carolina coach Dawn Staley advanced to her eighth Sweet 16 in nine tournament appearances.

Canada's Laeticia Amihere had two assists during her three minutes of playing time for South Carolina.

The Gamecocks led all the way through this ugly one, but shooting only 30 per cent, they could never really pull away.

Not until Kamilla Cardoso had a pair of three-point plays about midway through the fourth quarter did the game seem in hand. The sophomore led South Carolina with 11 points.

Boston's 26th double-double in a row seemed in doubt until she was fouled with 1:19 left as Miami tried to extend the game. She hit both free throws. The All-American junior was just 4-of-15 from the field, missing both her 3-pointers and made just two of six free throws.

Latasha Lattimore, Texas into Sweet 16

Aaliyah Moore scored 21 points, Texas shut down Utah's prolific 3-point shooting and the Longhorns earned another trip to the Sweet 16 with a 78-56 victory.

Canada's Latasha Lattimore added four points for Texas.

The Longhorns shot 71 per cent in a blistering first half to open up a 14-point lead, then stretched it as high as 26 in the third quarter. Defensively, Texas smothered Utah shooters. The Utes made 15 3-pointers in a first-round win over Arkansas, but were just 6 of 20 from long range against Texas.

The No. 2 seed in the Spokane, Washington, regional, Texas (28-6) moves on to face the winner of matchup Monday night between No. 3 seed Baylor and and No. 6 Ohio State. The Longhorns advanced to the regional final last season.

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Yvonne Ejim ousted as Lousville edges Gonzaga

Hailey Van Lith scored 21 points and Louisville advanced to the Sweet 16 after a 68-59 win over Gonzaga.

Playing in front of a loud home crowd for the last time this season, the top-seeded Cardinals (27-4) jumped out to a 14-0 lead less than 4:30 into the game, thanks to a pressure defence that sped up the Bulldogs. The Zags (27-7) not only weathered the storm but also answered with a 12-0 run of their own.

Canada's Yvonne Ejim scored eight points, added two assists and five rebounds over 24 minutes for Gonzaga.

Van Lith scored eight straight points in 1:45 stretch of the third quarter that started a 15-3 run, capping it with two free throws to make it 51-33 with 3:00 left in the period. Gonzaga (27-7) never got back within eight points the rest of the way.

Louisville will play the winner of Monday's Belmont-Tennessee game.

Iowa State captures 1st Sweet 16 appearance since 201

Lexi Donarski scored 20 points and third-seeded Iowa State raced to its first Sweet 16 appearance since 2010 with a win over sixth-seeded Georgia.

Canada's Izzi Zingaro helped Iowa State get the win by scoring two points and grabbing seven rebounds in 11 minutes. Fellow Canadian Tineya Hylton had three assists in seven minutes for Georgia.

Emily Ryan had 15 points, nine assists and six rebounds for the Cyclones (28-6), and Ashley Joens added 12 points.

Jenna Staiti led Georgia (21-10) with 16 points. The Bulldogs shot 31% from the floor and never had a lead.

Alyssa Jerome, No. 1 seed Stanford advance

Lexie Hull scored a career-high 36 points with six 3-pointers and made six steals, leading No. 1 seed Stanford past eighth-seeded.

With the win, the defending national champions extended their winning streak to 22 games and secured a trip to the Sweet 16.

Cameron Brink added 13 points, 12 rebounds and four assists as the Cardinal (30-3) used a dominant third quarter to pull away.

Zakiyah Franklin scored 13 points to lead Kansas (21-10), which was back in the tourney for the first time since 2013.

Late 3-pointer lifts Creighton to upset win over Iowa

Lauren Jensen scored 19 points against her former team, including the go-ahead 3 with 12.9 seconds left that lifted No. 10 Creighton over Caitlin Clark and second-seeded Iowa 64-62 Sunday in the second round of the women's NCAA Tournament.

Iowa (24-8), which shared the Big Ten regular-season title and won the conference tournament, had two chances to tie the game in the closing three seconds. Monika Czinano missed a layup with three seconds left, then Kate Martin missed a putback as the buzzer sounded.

Jensen, who played at Iowa last season as a freshman before transferring, had nine of her points in the fourth quarter. She had a layup with 1:26 left to cut Iowa's lead to 62-60, then her 3-pointer gave the Bluejays a lead. After Clark missed a layup, Emma Ronziek made the second of two free throws for the final margin.

Payton Brotzki added 13 points for the Bluejays (22-9), who advance to their first-ever Sweet 16. They were the seventh double-digit seed to win in the women's NCAA Tournament so far, matching the record set in 1998.

Monika Czinano led Iowa with 27 points. Clark, who came into the game as the nation's leading scorer at 27.4 points per game, finished with 15 on 4-for-19 shooting, missing all eight shots in the second half.

The Bluejays will play Iowa State in Greensboro on Friday.

South Dakota shocks Baylor

Hannah Sjerven scored 16 points and Chloe Lamb had 15 as 10th-seeded South Dakota shocked Baylor to advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time ever.

The Coyotes (29-5) scored the game's first 11 points and led throughout against the 12-time Big 12 regular-season champion Bears, who had won 17 consecutive NCAA tourney games played on their home court since 2011.

Summit League champ South Dakota was the second No. 10 seed to beat a No. 2 seed on Sunday, after Creighton won 64-62 at Iowa earlier in the day.

Queen Egbo had 13 points while two-time AP All-America forward NaLyssa Smith matched her season low with 10 points for the Bears (28-7), who saw the end of their streak of 12 consecutive Sweet 16 appearances. Smith and Jordan Lewis each had eight rebounds.

South Dakota will play the Villanova-Michigan winner on Saturday.