The 2025 NCAA Women’s Tournament continues Sunday with second-round action.
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Here are all the top moments from Day 1 of the Round of 32:
Ashlon Jackson leads No. 2 seed Duke over No. 10 seed Oregon
Jackson scored 14 of her 20 points in the third quarter to power No. 2 seed Duke to a 59-53 victory over 10th-seeded Oregon in the second round of the women’s NCAA Tournament on Sunday. Jackson shot 5 of 9 on 3-pointers and had four rebounds. Reigan Richardson added 13 points while Delaney Thomas scored 12.
Oregon held a five-point advantage at halftime but came out cold in the second half, failing to make a field goal for the first six minutes of the third quarter. Meanwhile, Jackson had the hot shooting hand.
Beginning with a 3-pointer off a feed from Jadyn Donovan, Jackson broke off an 11-0 run of her own to help Duke take the lead. She capped off a 16-1 run for the Blue Devils by connecting on her fourth shot from behind the arc of the quarter, giving Duke a 10-point advantage. The Ducks’ defense kept them in the game, but their offensive struggles in the third quarter proved to be too much to overcome. They did trim the deficit to a single point in the fourth quarter.
The win for the Blue Devils marks the first time they’ve advanced to at least the Sweet 16 in back-to-back seasons since they went to four straight Elite Eights under former coach Joanne P. McCallie more than a decade ago, the last of those coming in 2013. Duke will play the winner of Monday night’s game between No. 3 seed North Carolina and No. 6 seed West Virginia in the Sweet 16 in Birmingham, Alabama.
Duke (28-7) played without leading scorer Toby Fournier, the ACC rookie of the year who averages 13.4 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. The 6-foot-2 Canadian forward was dealing with an illness, ESPN reported.
Reporting by The Associated Press.
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