Takeaways from a historical Sweet 16

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Shyanne Sellers reacts to scoring a bucket. NCAA photo.

The upsets, comebacks, great individual performances, shocking moments and late game drama of the last two days made the Sweet 16 perhaps the best one ever. Advancing to the Elite 8 are two teams who have never been before, some who haven’t advanced to this round in a very long time, and some familiar faces.

Two key points from each matchup:

  • Shooting percentages define Miami-Villanova: As a team, Miami shot 45.6 percent from the field and their leading scorer, Jasmyne Roberts, had 26 points on 10-of-16 shooting, or 62.5 percent. Meanwhile, Villanova was shooting 36.5 percent, and even though the nation’s leading scorer in all of college basketball, Maddy Siegrist, had 31 points, she shot 8-of-29, or 27.6 percent. Overall, Siegrist was responsible for 46 percent of her team’s field goal attempts and 68.2 percent of their attempted free throws.
  • Overcoming turnover deficit: Shooting that well in this game allowed for the Hurricanes to overcome a 21-11 turnover differential that allowed for the Wildcats to have 30 points off of turnovers, compared to just 9 points for Miami. The two leading scorers also played a major role in forcing turnovers as both Roberts and Siegrist had four and five steals, respectively.
  • It all came…

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