Temira Poindexter hit her eighth 3-pointer of the game with 1:09 left in overtime Sunday and fifth-seeded Kansas State pulled off a mild upset, 80-79, of No. 4 Kentucky on its home floor in Lexington in a matchup of Wildcats in the Spokane 4 Region.
Kentucky (23-8) had several chances to win on its last possession, the last coming when Georgia Amoore tried a short baseline floater after an inbounds pass with 3.2 seconds left. The ball rolled around the rim and fell out as time expired.
Poindexter scored a game-high 24 points for Kansas State (28-7), which canned 14 of 35 3-pointers. Serena Sundell added 19 points and 14 assists, while Ayoka Lee tallied 16 points and reserve Kennedy Taylor netted 11.
Clara Strack led Kentucky with 22 points, while Amoore added 18 points and six assists. Dazia Lawrence contributed 15 points, while Teonni Key chipped in 13 points and 15 rebounds.
Kansas State forced overtime when Serena Sundell canned a jumper with 8.1 seconds left in regulation. It will play either USC or Mississippi State in a regional semifinal. Those teams meet Sunday.
Spokane 1 Region
UCLA 84, Richmond 67
Lauren Betts scored 30 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as the Bruins blew open a close game in the third quarter and eliminated the Spiders in Los Angeles.
Kiki Rice added 23 points and seven assists for the Bruins (32-2), who advance to the Sweet 16 for a matchup with fifth-seeded Ole Miss on Friday. Earlier Sunday, the Rebels knocked off fourth-seeded Baylor 69-63.
Timea Gardiner tallied 11 points off the bench, thanks largely to hitting 3 of 6 3-pointers. UCLA went 11 of 27 from deep, including 5 of 8 in the third quarter, when it emerged from a 36-36 halftime tie by outscoring the Spiders 29-7.
Maggie Doogan starred for Richmond (28-7) with 27 points, seven assists and six rebounds. Rachel Ullstrom added 18 points and seven rebounds, while Addie Budnik chipped in 10 points.
The Spiders hit 51 percent from the field but were outrebounded 40-28.
No. 5 Ole Miss 69, No. 4 Baylor 63
Madison Scott buried a pull-up jumper with 40.4 seconds left to snap a tie and the fifth-seeded Rebels ended the game with an 8-2 run to eliminate the fourth-seeded Bears on their home floor in Waco, Texas.
The Rebels sealed the outcome by canning six straight free throws in the last 29.9 seconds, improving to 22-10 and earning just their third berth in a regional semifinal since 1993. They will match up with No. 1 UCLA next.
Sira Thienou scored 16 points for Ole Miss, while Scott added 14 and Kirsten Deans hit for 13 points. The Rebels made only 25 of 67 field goal attempts but went 17 of 21 at the foul line, grabbed 16 offensive rebounds and forced 21 turnovers.
Four players scored in double figures for the Bears (28-8), led by Antoinette Vonleh with 16 points. Jada Walker added 15, while Sarah Andrews chipped in 14 points and six assists. Darianna Littlepage-Buggs came off the bench to net 10 points.
–Field Level Media
