Baylor 76, Florida 57
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) Brittney Griner became the second woman to dunk in an NCAA tournament game Tuesday night, slamming one down with her right hand early in the second half of top-seeded Baylor’s 76-57 win over ninth-seeded Florida. Griner went nearly 12 minutes without scoring at the beginning of the game but finished with 25 points, including the night’s biggest highlight. Candace Parker of Tennessee dunked in an NCAA tournament game in 2006 against Army. Griner’s dunk was her first of the season and sixth of her career. Parker holds the career record with seven. Odyssey Sims added 14 points for Baylor (36-0). Azania Stewart led Florida (20-13) with 14.
Kansas 70, Delaware 64
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Angel Goodrich scored 27 points to lead 11th-seeded Kansas past third-seeded Delaware and the nation’s leading scorer, Elena Delle Donne, with a 70-64 win Tuesday night. The win moves the Jayhawks (21-12) to the second weekend of the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1998. They did so by rallying in the second half behind Goodrich, who fell one short of her career high in scorings. The junior was 12 of 21 from the field, 3 of 6 on 3-pointers, and also added six assists. Aishah Sutherland added 12 points and 11 rebounds, and Chelsea Gardner had 10 points for Kansas. Delle Donne finished with 34 points for the Blue Hens (31-2), who had their 21-game winning streak snapped.
St. John’s 74, Oklahoma 70
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) Eugeneia McPherson scored 21 points, Shenneika Smith added 18 and St. John’s advanced to the regional semifinals of the NCAA women’s tournament for the first time in school history with a 74-70 win at Oklahoma on Tuesday night. The third-seeded Red Storm (24-9) came up with 21 points off of Oklahoma’s 19 turnovers and were able to hold off a second-half charge to win in the second round for the first time in five tries. Nadirah McKenith, who hit a buzzer-beater in an opening-round win against Creighton, had 13 points and seven assists and Da’Shena Stevens chipped in 11 points for St. John’s. Whitney Hand led No. 6 seed Oklahoma (21-13) with 16 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. The Sooners had a chance to tie on Aaryn Ellenberg’s 3-pointer from the top of the key with 37 seconds left, but the ball ticked off the right side of the rim and went out of bounds.
