The 2025 Women’s Final Four field is set after No. 2 seed UConn took care of No. 1 seed USC 78-64 on Monday night to win the final Elite Eight matchup.
Paige Buckers led the way for UConn with 31 points while freshman Sarah Strong posted 22 points and 17 rebounds as the Huskies overwhelmed a USC team playing without star JuJu Watkins, who was lost to a torn ACL earlier in the tournament. UConn is headed to the Final Four for the 24th time in program history.
Earlier Monday, Texas became the third team to advance with a 58-47 victory over TCU.
Texas held TCU to 26.7% shooting as Hailey Van Lith and Sedona Prince struggled immensely. Van Lith went 3 of 15 from the field with seven turnovers, while Prince had just four points and two turnovers. Madison Booker shined for Texas with 18 points, six rebounds and two steals. In its first Final Four since 2003, Texas will take on reigning national champion South Carolina.
South Carolina overcame a sloppy, 16-turnover offensive effort to beat Duke 54-50. The Gamecocks have struggled with Indiana, Maryland and now the Blue Devils in this tournament, causing plenty of concern over whether they’re capable of repeating as national champions despite the offensive…
