NCAA Women’s Tournament 2025: The best moments from the first day

AND 2025. NCAA Women’s Tournament They may have just extinguished on Friday, but the brackets across the country are already broken.

In the first few hours of the tournament, number 9 seed Indiana Hoosiers upset the seed no. 8 Utah utes. With more upset phenomena, the stage is set for interesting matches in the next round.

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Here are all the best moments from the first day of the women’s tournament:

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Ayoka Lee had 17 points and 10 rebounds on returning to the lineup and the fifth seed Kansas State win Fairfield85-41, on Friday in the first round of the NCAA Women’s Tournament.

Lee went 7 for 10 from the field in the first game because she only played four minutes in 90-60 victory Kansas February 22, Center 6 feet-6 interfered with injuries on foot. She played for 15 minutes against Stags before she started 2:15, staying in the third quarter.

Kansas State made the most of his great advantage. Wildcats surpassed Stags 44-19 and surpassed them in color 44-20.

Next for Wildcats (27-7) on Sunday is a game in the second round against host Kentucky.

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Olivia Miles left Notre ladiesVictory 106-54 Stephen F. Austin In the NCAA tournament due to a left knee injury, throwing a shadow to the dominant performance of the school in the first round on Friday.

Miles fell on the field under the SFA cart with 8:44 left in the fourth quarter. The older guard ran from the field and headed to the team locker room. Miles, the first-team All-ACC selection, ended up with two points and eight assists. She missed the 2023-2024 season due to her knee injury.

Hannah Hidalgo and Sonia Citron Each scored 24 points for third ND (27-5). Lisa Karlen had 13 points. Hidalgo also had six jumps and five assists. Citron grabbed seven rebounds.

Notre ladies forced 28 turns, including 18 stolen balls, while committing only 11.

Next for Irce is seed no. 6 Michigan (23-10) Sunday.

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Yarden Garzon scored 17 points and Shay Ciezki It was added 16 as Indiana No. 9 won its opener for the sixth flat NCAA tournament with a 76-68 win over the eighth seed of Utah on Friday.

Hoosiers (20-12) reached 20 wins for the sixth consecutive season. Their reward is probably a match with the best seed of the Birmingham 2 regional seed in South Carolina, which will play later on Friday against seed no. 16 Tennessee Tech.

In the last two quarters, Ciezki had 11 of 16 points, as Indiana used 15-4 running in the third period to take control. Utes (22-9) got within 72-68 on Gianna Kneepkens‘3-poen with the remaining 1:05, but he can’t get closer.

Kneepkens led Utah with 24 points, including a four -point game in the fourth quarter.

Associated press reporting.

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