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The University of Maryland women’s basketball team is riding high as they secure a spot in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. Head coach Brenda Frese and her squad are more determined than ever, showing what March Madness is all about.

The top-seeded Gamecocks, defending national champions, got all they could handle from second-seeded Duke, winning 54-50.

At least two No. 1 seeds will be in the Final Four of women’s NCAA Tournament . Two more could book trips to Tampa, Florida, on Monday. South Carolina kept its repeat championship hopes alive and reached its fifth straight Final Four with a grinding 54-50 win over Duke on Sunday.

Half of the women's Final Four is set after 1-seeds UCLA and South Carolina won in the regional finals Sunday.

When South Carolina’s season was on the line Sunday, Dawn Staley went to Chloe Kitts. Duke had just air-balled a go-ahead 3-point attempt, and the Gamecocks had a 52-50 lead and the ball with seven seconds left in their NCAA Tournament Elite Eight game.

Kitts got to the line and nailed her sixth and seventh free throws of the game to give the Gamecocks a four-point lead in their women's NCAA Tournament regional final. “Coach (Dawn Staley) drew up the play and she said the ball was going to get to me,

South Carolina advanced to its fifth consecutive Final Four with a victory over Duke on Sunday, but it wasn't easy for the defending national champions in a 54-50 win. The Blue Devils dominated the third quarter and took a 38-32 lead with 2:27 remaining in the frame before the Gamecocks composed themselves and took control.