Here’s Part 2 of our roundup of Saturday’s action:
No. 12 seed Toledo Rockets over No. 5 seed Iowa State Cyclones, 80-73
Quinesha Lockett put on a show with 24 points, 13 rebounds and four assists for Toledo. Sophia Wiard added 15 points, three assists and two blocks, while Jayda Jansen had 17 points. The legendary Ashley Joens went for 23 points, 13 boards, three assists and two steals in defeat in her career finale. ESPN projects her to be the No. 10 pick in the WNBA Draft.
Iowa State cut it to 78-73 with 29 seconds remaining on a Denae Fritz three, but Wiard free throws iced the game. The Cyclones led 23-20 after one, but lost the second 23-13.
The Rockets won field goal percentage 48.4 to 34.8 over the heavily-favored Cyclones, who were coming off a Big 12 Tournament championship. Toledo also won 3-point percentage 36.8 to 19.4, with Iowa State going 6-of-31.
No. 6 seed North Carolina Tar Heels over No. 11 seed St. John’s Red Storm, 61-59
A Deja Kelly 3-point play with two seconds left proved to be the game-winner. It gave the Heels a 61-58 lead and after that Danielle Patterson drew a controversial foul call on Deja Kelly while shooting a three, but missed her first two free throws and neglected to attempt to miss her third intentionally. She made the…
