March Madness live updates, scores, bracket: Women’s NCAA tournament First Four wraps up with Virginia and Southern advancing

Jyah LoVett has her go picked off by Paris Clark and that can clinch the sport for Virginia.

The Cavaliers win, 57-55, and advance to play No. 7 seed Georgia on Saturday.

Down by three, Arizona State once more goes for a fast 2-point basket and Jyah LoVett will get a layup.

Gabby Elliott fouls Kymora Johnson, who makes considered one of two free throws. That offers the Sun Devils a chance to tie with 5 seconds remaining.

Jillian Brown turns it over for Virginia with her go going out of bounds. Arizona State’s Heloisa Carrera opts for a layup, quite than working for a game-tying 3-point strive.

Gabby Elliott follows with a fast foul to cease the clock. ASU had a foul to offer and Deborah Davenport fouls once more on the inbounds, getting Caitlin Weimar. Weimar makes each free throws to offer Virginia a 56-53 lead.

Arizona State known as a timeout after Virginia regained the lead. But Gabby Elliott takes a contested 3-pointer off the inbounds go and misses.

Kymora Johnson grabs the rebound and ASU takes two seconds to foul her, which can have been too lengthy. Sun Devils coach Molly Miller positive appeared to suppose so.

Out of a timeout following Marley Washenitz tying the sport for Arizona State, Virginia’s Kymora Johnson hits a 3-pointer from the highest of the important thing.

That was the Cavaliers’ first 3 of the second half, giving them a 54-51 lead with 30.6 seconds left.

After Kymora Johnson made considered one of two free throws to offer Virginia a 51-48 lead, Gabby Elliott missed a 3-point strive. But Marley Washenitz then tied the rating with her fifth 3 of the sport!

Yet once more, the Sun Devils make it a two-point sport. Following Tabitha Amanze’s midrange jumper, Gabby Elliott solutions with a layup after each groups miss photographs.

Virginia leads 50-48 with 1:19 remaining in regulation.

Arizona State had an opportunity to tie the rating or take the lead after a miss by Kymora Johnson. But Johnson steals Last-Tear Poa’s go on the opposite finish and the Sun Devils once more hit that two-point wall.

Are the Sun Devils lastly making their run? Marley Washenitz and Gabby Elliott hit consecutive 3-pointers for Arizona State and they’re down 48-46 with 3:20 remaining in regulation.

Marley Washenitz hit a jumper to chop Arizona State’s deficit to 44-40. But after Caitlin Weimar missed on the opposite finish for Virginia, Washenitz will get her shot blocked by Paris Clark.

Kymora Johnson follows up with a rating to offer Virginia a 46-40 lead.

With an opportunity to chop Virginia’s result in two factors, Arizona State’s Jyah LoVett will get her shot blocked by Caitlin Weimar.

The Cavaliers convert that right into a layup from Romi Levy and restore their result in six factors, 44-38.

Heloisa Carrera solutions a Virginia tip-in with a layup to chop Virginia’s result in 42-38. Once once more, Arizona State will get shut. But can the Sun Devils comply with up to tie the sport and even take the lead?

Heloisa Carrera scores earlier than the buzzer ends for the third quarter to chop Arizona State’s deficit to 40-36. The Sun Devils are hanging round however every time they get shut, Virginia stalls a comeback try.

But 10 minutes stay for ASU to lastly put a run collectively.

Arizona State is down 39-34 after two Gabby Elliott free throws. Two minutes stay within the third quarter, however the Sun Devils haven’t been capable of maintain a run.

Following a troublesome miss by Heloisa Carrera, McKinna Brackens makes one free throw after getting the offensive rebound. That minimize Virginia’s result in 36-32.

However, Caitlin Weimar bulled her method to the basket on the opposite finish and drew the foul. She made the free throw and Virginia is up 39-32 with 3:06 remaining within the third quarter.

A foul on Arizona State’s Last-Tear Poa was dominated a flagrant foul after evaluate. Kymora Johnson made each free throws for Virginia and the Cavaliers now have a 36-29 lead.

Arizona State had an opportunity to chop Virginia’s result in one level, however Gabby Elliott’s shot was blocked by Sa’Myah Smith. That led to a fast-break layup from Caitlin Weimar and the Cavaliers are up 34-29.

Yet once more, Virginia was on the verge of taking a double-digit lead Tabitha Amanze scored to place the Cavaliers forward 32-24.

But Arizona State has minimize the deficit to 32-29 after a layup from Heloisa Carrera and 3-pointer by Marley Washenitz, her third of the sport.

Arizona State coach Molly Miller initially didn’t journey with her group to Iowa City for tonight’s First Four sport resulting from sickness.

However, she joined the group earlier than sport time.

Miller coached the Sun Devils to their first NCAA tournament berth since 2019. She’s in her first season with ASU after 5 seasons at Grand Canyon, the place the Antelopes made it to the NCAA tournament final yr.

Romi Levy leads Virginia with 8 factors, adopted by Kymora Johnson’s 7 factors with 5 rebounds.

McKinna Brackers has a game-high 9 factors for Arizona State with 4 boards, and Marley Washenitz has 6 factors (however went scoreless within the second quarter).

The Sun Devils shot 28% (8-of-29) from the ground within the first half. Virginia hit 38% (12-for-32) of its photographs.