Ucla Women Move Into The Sweet 16

UCLA women advance

From Marisa Ingemi: There were ever going to beryllium tears. In nan last crippled astatine Pauley Pavilion for six UCLA seniors, it was going to beryllium a stunning conclusion aliases a cathartic merchandise earlier nan adjacent measurement successful nan NCAA tourney mission.

It was nan latter, arsenic nan dressed up group of Bruins took their last stroll astir nan perimeter of nan tribunal and waved to nan fans, tears glistening and smiles wide.

The top-seeded Bruins led wire-to-wire, beating No. 8-seed Oklahoma State 87-68 successful nan 2nd information of nan NCAA tourney connected Monday nighttime astatine Pauley Pavilion to beforehand to nan Sweet 16. The Bruins will look No. 4 seed Minnesota connected Friday successful Sacramento.

One of UCLA’s seniors, Lauren Betts, put together nan champion crippled of her profession pinch 35 points while shooting 15 of 19 astatine nan infinitesimal her squad needed it most.

“That’s really cool,” Betts said. “I mean, I can’t deny, like, that is really cool. I consciousness for illustration nan points, they really don’t mean thing to me. To me, like, I really conscionable want to triumph games pinch this team. The truth that we won coming is what matters astir to me, and that we’re moving connected to nan Sweet 16.”

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USC women are routed

From Chaunte’l Powell: Monday nighttime served arsenic a litmus trial for ninth-seeded USC to spot really a programme connected its measurement backmost to prominence measured up against top-seeded powerhouse South Carolina.

The Trojans were nary lucifer successful nan frontcourt against South Carolina, suffering 101-61 season-ending nonaccomplishment successful nan 2nd information of nan NCAA tournament.

South Carolina’s Joyce Edwards and Madina Okot sewage going early, scoring 9 of nan Gamecocks’ first 11 points. South Carolina would decorativeness nan crippled pinch 60 points successful nan paint. Edwards vanished nan crippled pinch 23 points and 10 rebounds and Okot had 15 points and 15 rebounds.

USC freshman Jazzy Davidson, who scored a phenomenal 31 points successful her NCAA tourney debut Saturday against Clemson, missed her first 2 shots. But she recovered and recovered immoderate violative rhythm, finishing pinch 16 points. Kennedy Smith picked up nan slack successful nan first half, scoring 9 of USC’s first 15 points. Unfortunately, she struggled aft that and vanished 4 for 15 from nan floor.

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Lakers winning streak ends

From Thuc Nhi Nguyen: The brushwood from a fingertip toppled nan Lakers’ longest winning streak successful six seasons.

The Lakers’ nine-game triumph streak ended Monday pinch a 113-110 loss to nan Detroit Pistons erstwhile Luka Doncic missed a tying three-pointer astatine nan buzzer aft LeBron James’ inbounds walk was deflected by Tobias Harris.

Doncic had 32 points, 7 rebounds and six assists, but was 3 for 13 from 3 and missed 2 large shots successful nan last seconds.

The superstar defender had been connected a historical heater, averaging 40 points complete nan erstwhile 9 games. With 9 seconds left, James tried to inbound nan shot complete Harris and crossed nan tribunal to Doncic, who had to pursuit down nan deflected walk that besides went disconnected guardant Maxi Kleber’s arm. Doncic collected nan shot and danced pinch Detroit guardant Jalen Duren, pump faking, spinning and stepping backmost earlier launching a sky-high three.

It didn’t moreover graze nan rim.

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Clippers rout nan Bucks

Kawhi Leonard scored 28 points successful 25 minutes and the Clippers pummeled nan Milwaukee Bucks 129-96 connected Monday night.

Brook Lopez added 19 points, Darius Garland had 15 points and six assists, and nan Clippers won consecutive games aft 4 consecutive losses. They made each 18 of their free throws and got backmost to .500 pinch 10 games remaining successful nan regular play aft having a 6-21 grounds connected Dec. 18.

Gary Trent Jr. paced nan Bucks pinch 20 points disconnected nan bench. Ryan Rollins led their starters pinch 13, and Milwaukee had 5 players successful double figures. The Bucks person mislaid 10 of their past 14 games, including 3 of 4 since sitting superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo because of a near knee injury.

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Dodgers uncover starting rotation

From Maddie Lee: The Dodgers’ rotation bid is group for nan first homestand of nan season.

To information retired nan bid against nan Arizona Diamondbacks, aft Yoshinobu Yamamoto takes nan mound Thursday connected opening day, he’ll beryllium followed by Emmet Sheehan and Tyler Glasnow. Roki Sasaki is penciled successful for Monday against nan Cleveland Guardians, followed by Shohei Ohtani connected March 31.

Off days connected Sunday and April 2 make it imaginable for nan Dodgers to springiness each their pitchers astatine slightest 5 days’ remainder betwixt their first and 2nd starts without needing a sixth starter.

Left-hander Justin Wrobleski is pegged to beryllium that further starter erstwhile nan schedule features little predominant days off. In nan meantime, he’ll beryllium disposable to propulsion aggregate innings retired of nan bullpen.

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This time successful sports history

1936 — Detroit’s Mud Bruneteau ends nan longest crippled successful NHL history pinch a extremity aft 116 minutes and 30 seconds (six overtimes) to separator nan Montreal Maroons 1-0 successful nan semifinals of nan Stanley Cup playoffs.

1941 — Long Island University wins nan NIT title pinch a 56-42 triumph complete Ohio.

1945 — NYU battles backmost from a ten-point shortage pinch 2 minutes to spell to nonstop nan NCAA tourney nationalist semifinal crippled into overtime. NYU wins 70-65. At nan time, a squad sewage 1 free propulsion erstwhile fouled adjacent extremity of game, but could elite alternatively to inbound nan ball. Ohio State is fouled 3 times, opts to sprout nan foul changeable and misses each time.

1956 — San Francisco’s Bill Russell has 26 points and 27 rebounds to lead nan Dons to an 83-71 triumph complete Iowa and their second-straight nationalist title and 55th consecutive victory, past an NCAA record.

1962 — Paul Hogue scores 22 points and grabs 19 rebounds and Tom Thacker adds 21 to lead Cincinnati to a 71-59 triumph complete Ohio State for its 2nd NCAA hoops championship.

1970 — Jerry West of nan Lakers wins his only NBA scoring title, accumulating 2,309 points successful 74 games for a 31.2 ppg. average.

1973 — Kansas City-Omaha’s Nate “Tiny” Archibald becomes nan first subordinate successful NBA history to lead nan NBA successful some scoring (34.0 ppg.) and assists (11.4 apg.) successful nan aforesaid season.

1975 — Muhammad Ali knocks retired Chuck Wepner successful nan 15th information to clasp nan world heavyweight title successful Cleveland.

1975 — Princeton becomes nan first Ivy League schoolhouse to triumph nan NIT title pinch an 80-69 triumph complete Providence.

1979 — Indiana State, led by Larry Bird, advances to nan NCAA Championship crippled by squeezing past DePaul 76-74. Bird has 35 points, 16 rebounds and 9 assists.

1980 — Louisville thumps UCLA 59-54 to triumph nan NCAA hoops title.

1992 — Pittsburgh’s Mario Lemieux becomes nan 36th subordinate successful NHL history pinch 1,000 points, getting an assistance successful nan 2nd play of nan Penguins’ 4-3 nonaccomplishment to nan Detroit Red Wings.

1994 — Kansas State’s Askia Jones scores 62 points successful 28 minutes successful a 115-77 triumph complete Fresno State successful nan NIT quarterfinals. Jones shoots 18-for-25 from nan floor, including 14-of-18 connected three-pointers, and 12-for-16 from nan line.

2013 — Florida Gulf Coast goes from shocking nan men’s assemblage hoops world to downright impressing it. The Eagles hit San Diego State 81-71 to go nan first No. 15 seed to scope nan Sweet 16 of nan NCAA tournament.

2017 — Devin Booker scores 70 points, becoming nan sixth different subordinate successful NBA history to scope that total, but nan Boston Celtics get 34 points from Isaiah Thomas and outlast nan Phoenix Suns 130-120.

2018 — Nathan Chen completes six quadruple jumps successful nan free programme to go nan first U.S. victor of nan men’s world fig skating title since 2009.

2018 — Loyola Chicago romps to a 78-62 triumph complete Kansas State to headdress disconnected a stunning tally done nan bracket-busting South Regional. The Ramblers (32-5) lucifer nan lowest-seeded squad ever to scope nan Final Four, joining LSU (1986), George Mason (2006) and VCU (2011). The South is nan first location successful tourney history to person nan apical 4 seeds — including wide No. 1 Virginia — knocked retired connected nan opening weekend.

Compiled by nan Associated Press

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