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Madison Booker, defense carry Texas past Tennessee

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Madison Booker scored 17 points capped by two key free throws with 35.1 seconds to play as No. 1 Texas outlasted No. 5 Tennessee 67-59 on Saturday afternoon in an NCAA Women's Championship regional semifinal in Birmingham, Alabama. The Longhorns (34-3) advance to the Elite Eight to square off against No. 2 TCU, a 71-62 winner over No. 3 Notre Dame in the regional's first semifinal, on Monday, with the time to be announced. Texas, which hasn't won the national championship since 1986 when it went 34-0, reached the Elite Eight for the fourth time in the past five seasons.