Duke started the day with a vintage defensive performance, as the second-seeded Blue Devils stifled third-seeded North Carolina. After that, No. 1 seed South Carolina continued its title defense as the Gamecocks came back to hold off upset-minded Maryland .

Paige Bueckers dropped another 30-point game, this one coming in an Elite Eight win over USC to get the Huskies to the Final Four.

The first full day of action in the NCAA women's tournament was jam-packed with some dominant wins and close games.

LOS ANGELES — JuJu Watkins scored 22 points and top-seeded USC led all the way in routing 16th-seeded UNC Greensboro 71-25 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday. The Trojans (29-3) advanced to the second round to play either eighth-seeded California or ninth-seeded Mississippi State on Monday at Galen Center.

The defending national champion Gamecocks went back-and-forth with Maryland all game before finally doing enough in the final few minutes to put it away.

It's Duke women's basketball vs South Carolina in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday afternoon. Follow our live score updates.

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