No. 1 South Carolina rolls past Presbyterian 91-39

South Carolina forward Ashlyn Watkins, right, shoots over Presbyterian guard Paige Kindseth during the first half of a first-round college basketball game in the women’s NCAA Tournament in Columbia, S.C., Friday, March 22, 2024.

Oregon State will play the winner of Friday’s late game between sixth-seeded Nebraska and No. 11 Texas A&M. The winner of Sunday’s game will head to the Sweet Sixteen in Albany, New York. Maria Gakdeng had 17 points and 10 rebounds while Alyssa Ustby had 16 points and 17 rebounds, no grab bigger than pulling down Kelly’s final free throw miss with 3.2 seconds left as the clock ran out.

Rice surprisingly got into the NCAA Tournament by winning four straight in the American Athletic tournament after having lost their last five regular season games. And they didn’t make anything easy on LSU, which didn’t lead by more than 11 all game and was up by just six after Maya Bokunewicz’s left side 3 and Sussy Ngulefac’s layup made it 62-56 with 1:56 left.

BATON ROUGE, La. — Savannah Wheeler scored 20 of her 22 points in the second half, and No. 11 seed Middle Tennessee overcame an 18-point, second quarter deficit to defeat sixth-seeded Louisville. Cotie McMahon scored 13 for Ohio State, and Celeste Taylor and Taylor Thierry each added 12. Sheldon scored her 2,000th career point with a layup late in the first half.NO. 13 VIRGINIA TECH 92, MARSHALL 49

Baylor, making its 20th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, led 41-34 at halftime, but shot 61.1% and outscored the Commodores 28-15 in the third quarter. The Bears held Vanderbilt to just one field goal in the final 6:32 of the quarter.COLUMBUS, Ohio — Reigan Richardson scored 25 points and had seven rebounds as Duke rallied in the second half to overtake Richmond.

Drexel had only one starter taller than 6 feet — 6-2 Hedda Staatman. Texas , rotating four post players who are between 6-1 and 6-4 most of the game, outscored Drexel 44-18 in the paint and 22-6 on second-chance points thanks to a 26-10 edge in offensive rebounding.

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