NY Times · Mar 24, 2018
N.C.A.A. Women’s Tournament: South Carolina Eliminates Upstart Buffalo
Buffalo’s Stephanie Reid, left, and Katherine Ups, right, defended South Carolina’s A’ja Wilson in a regional semifinal at the N.C.A.A. women’s basketball tournament on Saturday in Albany.ALBANY — Alexis Jennings scored 20 points, A’ja Wilson added 20 points and 13 rebounds, and South Carolina beat Buffalo, 79-63, on Saturday to keep alive its quest to successfully defend its title.
Second-seeded South Carolina (29-6), whose only losses this season have come against ranked teams, will face the winner of the other round-of-16 matchup in the Albany Regional, top-seeded and unbeaten UConn versus Duke, which played later Saturday.
