NCAA Tournament regional semifinals
March 25 at Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY
ESPN
The remarkable run for the Huskies continued Friday night.
All American Kelsey Plum scored 23 points and handed out seven assists, while Chantel Osahor was fantastic (19 points, 17 rebounds, five assists). Still, the story of the night was Talia Walton.
The redshirt-senior scored 30 points on 14-of-25 shooting and Kentucky's defense, which allowed nearly 50 percent shooting overall, had no answer for her. She used the baseline like it was a comfortable spot in her driveway, often using pretty fadeaway or pull up jumpers as the seventh-seeded Huskies won 85-72.
Washington has now defeated No. 2 Maryland in the round of 32 and the third-seeded Wildcats, who absurdly were playing a regional semifinal game in Lexington (University of Kentucky location, main campus: Lexington) despite the fact that Maryland also resided in the region.
Another amazing thing about Washington, headed to the Elite 8 for the first time since 2001, is that it basically played with five players. The starters (the big three + Alexus Atchley and Katie Collier) were all on the court for what seemed like the entire 40 minutes. Two reserves got a total of a few minutes of action.
Other game watched:
(7) Wisconsin men vs. (6) Notre Dame
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