"She’s not afraid of anybody and her confidence is through the roof through this March Madness tournament, it’s showing.” Our @matthew-walter96.bsky.social on how the Gamecocks freshman has become their X-factor during their run to the Final Four.

South Carolina dominates the foruth quarter to run away from TCU 78-52 and advance to their sixth straight Final Four. They held Olivia Miles and Marta Suarez to just 27 points and got a career high 18 from Agot Makeer off the bench. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #EliteEight

Mark Campbell uses his final timeout with TCU down 68-46 with 4:52 remaining. South Carolina has dominated in the fourth, outscoring TCU 19-5 so far. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #EliteEight

This NCAA tournament has been the Agot Makeer coming-out party. She has a career-high 18 points tonight and just had a beautiful assist to Joyce Edwards in transition. South Carolina has extended their lead to 20. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #EliteEight

A quick four points for South Carolina forces a TCU timeout. Both baskets were scored by Agot Makeer, who is having an outstanding NCAA tournament. She has scored double-figures in every game, including 16 tonight, which ties her career high. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #EliteEight

After three, South Carolina leads TCU 49-41. The teams tied the third quarter as neither team was able to gain any traction. Miles will sub back in to start the fourth. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #EliteEight

Olivia Miles just went down after making a layup with what looks like a calf cramp. She was able to get up and walk off under her own power. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #EliteEight

At our third quarter break, South Carolina leads TCU 40-35. It's been back and forth here in the third. Olivia Miles and Joyce Edwards have both been great but everyone else has been up and down for both teams. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #EliteEight

Marta Suarez is warming up for the second half so she looks to be ok. @theixsports.bsky.social

After the South Carolina timeout, the Gamecocks outscored TCU 14-5 to take a 35-27 lead into the half. Raven Johnson has been dominating with 14 points, six rebounds, and three blocks. TCU hasn't had a good matchup for her. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #EliteEight

Marta Suarez goes down after a collision with Clara Silva. She gets up gingerly and limps to the TCU bench. She will come out of the game for now. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #EliteEight

Coming out of the timeout, the Gamecocks go on a 6-0 run to take their largest lead of the game at 27-22. South Carolina keeps running a high-ball screen and has gotten three easy looks. Raven Johnson is doing a great job guarding Suarez in their small-ball lineup. @theixsports.bsky.social

Dawn Staley calls a timeout with TCU leading 22-21. The Gamecocks staff is not happy with the defense being played, especially from their post players. Adhel Tac trying to pump up Madina Okot and Alica Tournebize in the huddle. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #EliteEight

A strong finish to the quarter from the Gamecocks has them back in front 16-14 as we end the first. South Carolina finished the quarter on a 12-2 run, a lot of it on the play of Joyce Edwards. She leads South Carolina with six and four so far. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #EliteEight

At our first media break, TCU leads South Carolina 12-6. Olivia Miles has five early points, but also already has two fouls. She has stayed in despite the two fouls. I expect she won't sit very much tonight. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #EliteEight

UCLA wins Sacramento Regional 2, defeating Duke 70-58. UCLA dominated the second half, outscoring the Blue Devils 39-19 after halftime. Lauren Betts finishes with 23 points and 10 rebounds for the Bruins. UCLA will head to its second straight Final Four. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #EliteEight

Angela Dugalic gets a buzzer-beating layup to go to, giving UCLA a 65-56 lead with 3:04 remaining in the fourth. She has been huge today for the Bruins. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #EliteEight

Angela Dugalic gets an offensive putback to go at the buzzer, and UCLA heads into the 4th with a four-point lead. The Bruins dominated the third quarter 20-8 with their two additions this year, Charlisse Leger-Walker and Gianna Kneepkens, making big plays @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #EliteEight

Here comes UCLA, a Gianna Kneepkens three-pointer culminates a 7-0 run for the Bruins as they take their first lead of the game at 47-45. Golden One Center got very loud when she hit it, as we have a very pro-Bruin crowd today. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #EliteEight

At the midway point of the third, Duke leads UCLA 45-40. UCLA has had multiple opportunities to tie the game, but is just 1-8 from three. Duke isn't any better at 0-8, but they have been aggressive to the rim. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #EliteEight

At the half, Duke leads UCLA 31-39. The Duke defense has been aggressive and physical, forcing 12 UCLA turnovers, leading to 16 Blue Devil points. Taina Mair leads all scorers with 12. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #EliteEight

Duke leads UCLA 29-23 with 4:49 remaining in the 2nd quarter. UCLA has looked out of sync offensively, and a lot of the credit goes to Duke. The Blue Devils have played very physically and put a lot of pressure on UCLA's ball handlers. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #EliteEight

At the end of 1, Duke leads UCLA 21-17. Lauren Betts started getting touches late in the quarter, and it allowed UCLA to find some scoring. However, their defense has not been able to get consistent stops as Taina Mair already has eight points. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #EliteEight

At our first break, Duke leads UCLA 12-7. The Blue Devils' defense has bothered UCLA so far. They are being very physical and doubling Lauren Betts consistently. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #EliteEight

We are underway here in Sacramento for the Elite 8 as 1 seed UCLA takes on 3 seed Duke. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #EliteEight

Raven Johnson and Ta’Niya Latson have been playing together for a long time. The two former Westlake Lions have been dominant, and it’s a big reason why South Carolina is headed to another Elite Eight. Our @matthew-walter96.bsky.social on their bond and South Carolina's run to the Elite Eight:

South Carolina dominates Oklahoma 94-68 behind 60 points from their starting backcourt. Tan'iya Latson had her second-best game in a Gamecock uniform, scoring 28 points and hitting all 4 of her three-pointers. They also held OU to under 70 for the third time this year. @theixsports.bsky.social

At the end of three, South Carolina leads 68-49. The two teams tied in the third quarter, but South Carolina led by as many as 25 points. Tessa Johnson finished with 11 points in the third as the three Gamecock starting guards have combined for 50 points. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW

The first half belonged to Raven Johnson and Ta'Niya Latson, but this third quarter has been Tessa's time. Tessa Johnson has nine points on 4-4 shooting in this quarter as South Carolina has pushed out to a 24-point lead. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #SweetSixteen

At halftime, South Carolina leads Oklahoma 47-28. The two senior guards for the Gamecocks are outscoring the Sooners by themselves. Raven Johnson and Taniya Latson have combined for 34 points on 12-15 shooting. The former high school teammates are dominating @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #Sweet16

South Carolina leads Oklahoma 37-20 with 4:37 left in the second quarter. The Gamecocks have been on fire from deep, shooting 6-8 from three, meanwhile Oklahoma is 1-7 from three. South Carolina averages just six made three's a game coming into the contest. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #Sweet16

Three straight turnovers by the Sooners to start the second quarter have allowed the Gamecocks to extend their lead out to 15 and forced a Jennie Baranczyk timeout. The ideas are right by Oklahoma, but the execution has been poor. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #SweetSixteen

After one, South Carolina leads Oklahoma 23-13. The Gamecocks have been getting a lot of 50-50 balls, which has led to some open threes. Raven Johnson and Taniya Latson had 17 of the Gamecocks' 23 points. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #SweetSixteen

At our first media timeout, South Carolina leads Oklahoma 12-4. All 12 of the Gamecocks' points have come from their senior guards as Raven Johnson has four and Taniya Latson has eight. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #SweetSixteen

We are underway here for Day 2 in Sacramento as No. 1 seed South Carolina faces off with No. 4 seed Oklahoma. The Sooners beat the Gamecocks in OT back in January. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #SweetSixteen

With one shot, Ashlon Jackson sent Duke to the Sweet 16. Here's how she reacted in the moments after the game with our Matthew Walter. #NCAAWBB

How has Gianna Kneepkens worked to become a better defender? How does she use her length? She talked about that and more with our @matthew-walter96.bsky.social after UCLA's defense locked down Minnesota in the Sweet 16 on Friday. #NCAAWBB

We are 90 minutes away from South Carolina and Oklahoma. Take a read at what both teams said coming into this SEC rematch in the Sweet Sixteen. The Sooners won the regular-season matchup in OT back in January. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #SweetSixteen

Ashlon Jackson hits a three that swirls around every part of the rim and drops in at the buzzer as Duke beats LSU 87-85. Everyone held their breath as that ball swirled all around the rim. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #SweetSixteen

Taina Marr misses an open three, but the ball goes out of bounds off LSU. Duke calls a timeout and will have the ball under the basket down one with 2.6 seconds left. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW

Toby Fournier gets the block of Flau'jae, but the ball lands in Mikaylah Williams' hands, and she is fouled. She makes both free throws, and LSU now leads by one with 9.2 seconds left. Duke will call a timeout and advance the ball. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #SweetSixteen

The call on the floor will stand, and it will be LSU ball. @theixsports.bsky.social

Ashlon Jackson misses both free throws, but the ball goes out of bounds. Referees deem it's LSU's ball, but Duke is appealing. Blue Devils are up one with 18.1 seconds to go. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #SweetSixteen

We have a battle as we head into the fourth as Duke leads LSU 67-65 after three. LSU responded out of the locker room, outscoring Duke by five in the third. Both teams have three in double figures with MiLaysia Fulwiley leading all scorers with 20. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #SweetSixteen

The start of this third quarter has been all LSU. The Tigers have outscored the Blue Devils 15-7 to take a one-point lead four and a half minutes into the quarter. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #SweetSixteen

At the half, Duke leads LSU 47-40. Both teams' offenses were rolling in the second quarter, combining to score 44 points. Toby Fournier leads the Blue Devils with 14 points, with three other players at nine points. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #SweetSixteen

This game has been full of shot-making. Both teams have made tough finishes around the rim and hit big-time shots. Duke leads 38-32 with 3:49 remaining in the second quarter. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #SweetSixteen

In our second game in Sacramento, Duke leads LSU 24-19 at the end of one. Ariana Roberson scored nine in the first for Duke, while MiLaysia Fulwiley had 10 for LSU. The Blue Devils shot 56% in the first quarter. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #SweetSixteen

UCLA dominates the second half en route to a 80-56 win over Minnesota. The Bruins held Braun and Battle to 15 points on 6-24 shooting. Kiki Rice finishes with 21 and Angela Dugalic adds a double-double for UCLA. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #SweetSixteen

At the end of the third quarter, UCLA leads Minnesota 53-41. The Bruins led by as many as 17 in the quarter, but the Gophers scored seven of the final nine to cut the lead to 12. UCLA 1-9 from three and 8-15 from the FT line. @theixsports.bsky.social #NCAAW #SweetSixteen