The Miami Hurricanes and UCLA Bruins both advanced to the Sweet Sixteen on Monday. Here are our recaps of their second-round games:
No. 9 seed Miami Hurricanes over No. 1 seed Indiana Hoosiers, 70-68
Miami’s Destiny Harden got too good of a look at 5.3 seconds remaining and with that combined with Chloe Moore-McNeil’s missed layup at 22.8 seconds remaining, Indiana was simply not going to win.
Freshman Yarden Garzon was as clutch as ever, knocking down a three from the left corner with 49.5 seconds remaining to tie the game at 65. But Moore-McNeil, after making a nice move to blow by her defender, missed the wide-open layup with the Hoosiers down 66-65. Making that would have given Indiana a one-point lead and the ability to dictate the remainder of the game.
Harden went 0-of-2 at the line at 21.2 seconds, keeping the game at 66-65. Grace “Miss Indiana” Berger, who you have to feel most bad for after this loss as it was her last college game and came well before the national championship game she had justifiable hopes of reaching, then missed a little floater in the paint. It wasn’t as egregious a miss as Moore-McNeil’s; Berger was a little rushed and the shot was just a bit too strong, going off the back of the rim.
Haley Cavinder, an 88.9 percent free…
