Here’s Part 1 of our roundup of Friday’s action:
No. 8 seed South Florida Bulls over No. 9 seed Marquette Golden Eagles, 67-65 (OT)
Marquette’s Mackenzie Hare had a three that would have given the Golden Eagles a one-point lead roll around and out at five seconds remaining in overtime. Marquette wasn’t able to get another shot off before time expired.
Hare missed a three at eight seconds remaining as well. Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu got the defensive rebound off that miss, was fouled and made a 1-of-2 free throws to give South Florida the 67-65 lead. Fankam Mendjiadeu finished with 22 points, 16 rebounds and two blocks and broke the USF single-season rebound record in the contest.
Jordan King notched 16 points, eight rebounds, three assists and five steals in defeat.
The Bulls shot just 2-of-18 from distance and lost the turnover margin by seven, but were 19-of-23 at the stripe.
No. 10 seed Georgia Lady Bulldogs over No. 7 seed Florida State Seminoles, 66-54
Playing without Ta’Niya Latson, FSU came out and won the first quarter 18-13. However, the Seminoles couldn’t keep it up, losing the second 22-12 and the fourth 21-14 en route to the 66-54 loss.
Diamond Battles paced Georgia with 21 points. Erin Howard fought for 19 points and nine boards in defeat. The…
