NCAA Tournament – 1st Round, Day 2

NCAA Tournament first round round-up.

The other two #1 rolled through to the second round. Baylor easily beating UC Santa Barbara with Brittney Griner scoring 14 points in the win for Baylor. Skylar Diggins had a relatively quieter game for Notre Dame who rolled past Liberty, though she had 9 rebounds and 6 assists to her 7 points. #2 ranked Duke also had an easy game in their win against Samford.

#3 St.John’s escaped an overtime and a potential upset against Creighton with this last second shot from Nadirah McKenith who finished the game with 21 points.

There weren’t much issues of another #3 ranked team – Delaware, who had their superstar Elena Delle Donne score 39 of their 72 points. She almost outscored the opposing UALR.

Biggest upset of the day was Marist beating the #4 ranked Georgia, behind 21 points from Corielle Yarde. Among other upsets #6 ranked Nebraska fell to Kansas and #8 Ohio State lost to Florida.

Des Moines Regional

#16 UC Santa Barbara – #1 Baylor 40-81
UC Santa Barbara: Johnson 10, Luna-Castro 8, Tilleman 8
Baylor: Griner 14, Pope 13, Williams 12, Agbuke 11, Sims 10, Hayden 9

#3 Delaware – #14 UALR 73-42
Delaware: Delle Donne 39 (11 reb), Carra 12, Parker 8
UALR: Kursh 12, Gault 7, Cobbins 6

#13 Sacred Heart – #4 Georgia Tech 50-76
Sacred Heart: Washington 13, Taylor 10, Norman 8
Georgia Tech: Wallace 28, Goodlett 12 (11 reb), Bennett 11

#12 Fresno State – #5 Georgetown 56-61
Fresno State: Moore 22, Moult 12, Parrish 10
Georgetown: Magee 17, Crawford 11, Rodgers 11

#11 Kansas – #6 Nebraska 57-49
Kansas: Goodrich 20, Gardner 15, Sutherland 8
Nebraska: Burke 14, Moore 12, Hooper 11, Cady 10

#9 Florida – #8 Ohio State 70-65
Florida: George 16, Bartley 15, Bonds 11, Madu 9
Ohio State: Hill 23, Stokes 12, Adams 11 (14 reb)

Raleigh Regional

#16 Liberty – #1 Notre Dame 43-74
Liberty: Brown 16, Dale 12, Warley 6
Notre Dame: McBride 15, Novosel 12, Peters 10, Miller 9

#13 Marist – #4 Georgia 76-70
Marist: Yarde 21, Gang 18, Dulin 11
Georgia: Miller 21, Mitchell 15, James 12

#12 Florida Gulf Coast – #5 St.Bonaventure 65-72 OT
Florida Gulf Coast: Hansen 15 (11 reb), Jackson 12, Griffin 11, Kennedy 9
St.Bonaventure: Tatenhove 18, Horton 17, Ortega 10, Bowker 10, Dixon 9

#9 Iowa – #8 California 74-84
Iowa: Wahlin 15, Johnson 14, Krei 14, Taylor 14, Logic 11
California: Clarendon 16, Boyd 15, Gray 14, Brandon 11, Caldwell 11

Fresno Regional

#15 Samford – #2 Duke 47-82
Prairie View A&M: Reece 10, Capbell 9, Ketcham 8
Connecticut: Liston 22, Gray 16, Peters 13, Williams 11

#14 Creighton – #3 St. John’s 67-69
Creighton: Jensen 15, Moore 14, Tritz 14, Fujan 9
St. John’s: McKenith 21, Stevens 12, McPherson 10, Smith 10

#11 Michigan – #6 Oklahoma 67-88
Michigan: Reynolds 20, Thompson 15, Boylan 12, Arnold 11
Oklahoma: Ellenberg 28, Hook 13, Hand 12, Griffin 10, Williams 10

#10 Middle Tennessee – #7 Vanderbilt 46-60
Middle Tennessee: Jones 12, Rowe 10 (16 reb), Leonard 9
Vanderbilt: Lister 19, Brown 12, Holzer 9 (10 reb)

Kingston Regional

#13 UTEP – #4 Penn State 77-85
UTEP: Brown 18 (10 reb), Thornton 15, Nash 13, Willingham 11
Penn State: Lucas 23, Bentley 21, Gray 15, Greene 12

#12 San Diego State – #5 LSU 56-64
San Diego State: Clements 17, Hopkins 16, Stamps 7
LSU: Barrett 17 (10 reb), Jones 13, Kenney 10

Updated bracket after first round of action: