BTN.com staff, BTN.com staff, March 23, 2015
For the record, we ?? our President! We gave him a new jersey to wear! @ESPN_WomenHoop @espnW @SportsCenter pic.twitter.com/iJttJ5W0yI
— Maryland Women?s Basketball (@TerpsWBB) March 24, 2015
Big Ten regular season and postseason champ Maryland is off to the Sweet 16 for the fourth consecutive season.
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The top-seeded Terrapins, who have won their last 26 games, handed No. 8 seed Princeton its first loss of the season Monday night to advance to the Spokane Region semifinals vs. longtime ACC rival Duke.
In other NCAA women's tourney action, North Carolina eliminated Ohio State, 86-84, with a buzzer-beater and No. 1 overall seed UConn ousted Rutgers, 91-55.
Use the links below to catch up on the Big Ten action.
MARYLAND 85, PRINCETON 70: BOX | AP RECAP
Laurin Mincy scored 27 points, and top-seeded Maryland used a second-half blitz to knock off previously unbeaten Princeton 85-70 Monday night and advance to the Sweet 16 of the women's NCAA Tournament.
NORTH CAROLINA 86, OHIO STATE 84: BOX | AP RECAP
Jamie Cherry hit a jumper with 0.6 seconds left and North Carolina beat Ohio State 86-84 on Monday night in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Ameryst Alston had 30 points for the fifth-seeded Buckeyes (24-11), who trailed by as many as 23 points.
UCONN 91, RUTGERS 55: BOX | AP RECAP
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored 23 points to lead No. 1 UConn to a 91-55 rout of Rutgers on Geno Auriemma's 61st birthday Monday night, putting the Huskies into the NCAA Tournament's regional semifinals for the 22nd consecutive season.
