Greensboro Regional

North Carolina 86, Ohio State 84

Jamie Cherry has been at her best lately with the clock winding down.

She beat another buzzer — and sent North Carolina back to the Sweet 16.

Cherry's jumper with 0.6 seconds left sent the Tar Heels past Ohio State on Monday night in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

"Taking the big shot, it's a big shot and everybody dreams of hitting the shot," Cherry said. "I just wanted us to move on to the Sweet 16, especially for our seniors. ... I didn't want it to end here for them."

Stephanie Mavunga had a career-high 27 points and 14 rebounds, Allisha Gray added 20 points and Brittany Rountree had 15 for the fourth-seeded Tar Heels (26-8).

They blew a 23-point lead before Cherry's latest big shot sent them into a Greensboro Regional semifinal matchup against top-seeded South Carolina (32-2) on Friday night.

Ameryst Alston had 30 points for the fifth-seeded Buckeyes (24-11), who never led but tied it twice during a frantic final minute — the last coming when Kelsey Mitchell's free throws made it 84-all with 5.1 seconds left.

"I never thought that we were out of the game," Mitchell said, "but I did think when we buckled down and played defense like we're supposed to, we can make something happen."

The Tar Heels brought in Cherry in place of 6-foot guard N'Dea Bryant because of what coach Sylvia Hatchell called "divine intervention".

"I knew she could make it," Hatchell said.

Gray inbounded to Cherry, who raced down the right sideline through the Ohio State pressure and pulled up for an 18-footer that swished through.

It was the second clutch shot this month for the freshman, who hit a 40-footer at the regulation buzzer to force overtime in an eventual loss to Louisville on March 6 in an Atlantic Coast Conference quarterfinal.

"It was the same feeling," Cherry said. "I still was nervous."

Several members of North Carolina's bench ran onto the court in celebration before the buzzer sounded.

According to Rule 10, Sect. 4, Article 7 of the NCAA rulebook, such a delay in a game shall be ignored "when the delay does not interfere with play."

The Buckeyes didn't get a shot off before the horn.

Mitchell, the nation's leading scorer, finished with 25 points and Alexa Hart added 15 points and 10 rebounds for Ohio State.

Florida State 65, Florida Gulf Coast 47

Shakayla Thomas scored 12 points and Leticia Romero added 11 to help No. 2 Florida State end seventh-seeded Florida Gulf Coast's 26-game winning streak.

Taylor Gradinjan's 12 points led Florida Gulf Coast, which shot just 31 percent overall and 25 percent from 3-point range. The 47 points was the fewest scored by the 20th-ranked Eagles this season.

Whitney Knight, FGCU's leading scorer and Atlantic Sun Player of the Year, missed nine of her 12 shots. She finished with nine points.

Florida State (31-4) led 36-28 lead at half.

The Seminoles jumped off to a 17-2 lead, hitting their first three 3-point attempts that included a pair by Brittany Brown.

Florida Gulf Coast (31-3) managed to pull within 26-20 midway through the first half, but never got closer.

Arizona State 57, Arkansas-Little Rock 54

Sophie Brunner had 16 points and scored the go-ahead basket with less than a minute left, helping Arizona State rally from a 16-point deficit to beat Arkansas-Little Rock.

No. 3 seed Arizona State (29-5) labored against UALR's defensive pressure most of the night before getting the ball inside in the second half.

Brunner put the Sun Devils up 53-52 on a putback with 54 seconds left and Elisha Davis blocked Alexius Dawn's last-second 3-pointer, sending Arizona State to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2009.

Promise Amukamara added 17 points for the Sun Devils, who face Florida State in the regional semifinals in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Friday.

No. 11 seed UALR (29-5) went through a scoring drought of 5 1-2 minutes in the second half as Arizona State clawed its way back from the big deficit.

Spokane Regional

Maryland 85, Princeton 70

Laurin Mincy scored 27 points, and top-seeded Maryland used a second-half blitz to knock off previously unbeaten Princeton and advance to the Sweet 16 of the women's NCAA Tournament.

After leading by only 42-38 at the break, the Terrapins used a 17-2 run immediately after halftime to turn a surprisingly tight game into a rout.

The Terrapins (32-2) will bring a 26-game winning streak into a matchup with Duke on Saturday in Spokane, Washington. Maryland and Duke were longtime rivals in the Atlantic Coast Conference before the Terps moved to the Big Ten this season.

Lexie Brown scored 23 for the Terrapins, who will be making their fourth consecutive trip to the Sweet 16. Maryland reached the Final Four last year.

Eighth-seeded Princeton (31-1) was coming off the program's first-ever win in the NCAA Tournament, on Saturday against Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Tennessee 77, Pittsburgh 67

Bashaara Graves scored 21 points and had 14 rebounds as Tennessee withstood a late rally to defeat Pittsburgh.

The second-seeded Lady Vols (29-5) improved to 56-0 in NCAA Tournament home games and advanced to a Spokane Region semifinal Saturday against No. 11 seed Gonzaga (26-7).

Tennessee is the only program to appear in all 34 NCAA Tournaments and has reached the regional semifinals every year but 2009, when it lost to Ball State in the opening round.

After trailing by 14 with 4 ½ minutes left, Pittsburgh (20-12) cut the lead to 69-65 on Brianna Kiesel's three-point play with 37.8 seconds remaining. Ariel Massengale went 6 of 6 on free throws and made a steal in the final 37 seconds to seal Tennessee's victory.

Kiesel had a career-high 32 points for the 10th-seeded Panthers, who never led.

Oklahoma City Regional

Stanford 86, Oklahoma 76

Amber Orrange scored 24 points and Lili Thompson added 19 as Stanford's backcourt mates took the game over in the second half to lead the fourth-seeded Cardinal to a victory over fifth-seeded Oklahoma.

Bonnie Samuelson scored 19 points and Briana Roberson provided a spark with 13 points and tough defense to help Stanford (26-9) protect its home court and advance to the Sweet 16 for the eighth consecutive season. The Cardinal will play top-seeded Notre Dame (33-2) in the third round on Friday in Oklahoma City.

Kaylon Williams scored 24 points and Gioya Carter added 20 for the Sooners (21-12), who struggled to generate any consistent offense one game after scoring a season-high 111 points in a first-round win over Quinnipiac.

Oklahoma knew this game would be more difficult, especially on Stanford's home court, and that proved correct once Thompson and Orrange took over.

Albany Regional

Louisville 60, South Florida 52

Jude Schimmel scored 13 points, Myisha Hines-Allen added 12 and No. 3 seed Louisville reached its third consecutive NCAA Sweet 16 by beating No. 6 seed South Florida.

Louisville (27-6) will face Dayton in the round of 16.

Courtney Williams had 25 points for South Florida (27-8). It was the 20th time she scored 20 or more this season.

Schimmel had an in-close basket and set up Hines-Allen's layup to put Louisville ahead 50-47 with 2:25 remaining. Bria Smith made it 52-47 with two free throws after a USF turnover.

Williams and Alisia Jenkins made layup during a 6-0 spurt that gave South Florida a 47-46 lead with 5 minutes to play.

Sara Hammond had a basket and Hines-Allen followed with a layup as Louisville took a 34-26 lead 2 1-2 minutes in the second half.