Stanford, South Carolina Advance To Women’s Final Four

UNDATED (AP) – The NCAA women’s basketball Final Four will include the defending champion and the No. 1 seed.  Lexie Hull scored 20 points and Haley Jones added 18, including four key free throws in the closing moments so secure Stanford’s 59-50 victory over Texas. Hull made a key 3-pointer early in the fourth quarter and had a three-point play that gave Stanford a 53-48 lead with 2:29 remaining. Texas never got closer than two in the final moments as the 2021 champs advanced.
Aliyah Boston scored 19 points and led top-seeded South Carolina to its second straight Final Four with an 80-50 victory over Creighton.  The Gamecocks made six of their first seven shots to take a 13-5 lead four minutes in. When Creighton closed to 13-10, South Carolina took off on a game-changing 31-10 surge to take control for good.