Women’s Ncaa Tournament: Kymora Johnson Soars As Virginia Shock No 2 Iowa In Double Ot

Kymora Johnson scored 28 points arsenic 10th-seeded Virginia shocked No 2 Iowa 83-75 successful double-overtime connected Monday successful nan women’s NCAA Tournament 2nd round.

The Cavaliers (22-11) person won 3 games successful 5 days, defeating Arizona State 57-55 successful Thursday’s First Four game, pursuing that pinch an 82-73 overtime triumph complete Georgia successful Saturday’s first round, and past beating nan Hawkeyes (27-7), who were playing successful beforehand of a sellout location crowd of 14,332.

It’s nan first clip Virginia person precocious to nan 2nd play of nan tourney since 2000. It’s besides nan first clip a 10-seed has reached nan Sweet 16 since Creighton successful 2022. The Bluejays besides hit Iowa successful nan 2nd information that twelvemonth to advance.

Iowa had chances to triumph nan crippled successful regularisation and astatine nan extremity of nan first overtime. Chazadi Wright’s turnaround jumper pinch 1 2nd near successful regularisation missed, past nan Hawkeyes missed 2 shots astatine nan extremity of nan first overtime, a three-pointer by Taylor Stremlow and a putback effort by Ava Heiden.

Virginia led 28-23 astatine halftime. The Cavaliers changeable conscionable 39.3% successful nan half, but took advantage of Heiden picking up 2 fouls successful nan first 5 minutes arsenic good arsenic Iowa’s mediocre three-point shooting. The Hawkeyes were 10 of 32 from nan section successful nan half, but only 1 of 12 successful three-pointers.

The Cavaliers move connected to nan location semi-finals, wherever they will play 3rd seed TCU.