{"id":31158,"date":"2023-03-24T23:41:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T23:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/news\/miami-withstands-21-point-comeback-to-take-down-villanova\/"},"modified":"2023-03-24T23:41:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T23:41:52","slug":"miami-withstands-21-point-comeback-to-take-down-villanova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/news\/miami-withstands-21-point-comeback-to-take-down-villanova\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Withstands 21-Point Comeback to Take Down Villanova"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">GREENVILLE, S.C. \u2014 The round-of-16 sport was slipping away from Miami, as Villanova closed a 21-point hole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">However the ninth-seeded Hurricanes stopped the reversal within the closing minute, scoring 6 straight factors to beat fourth-seeded Villanova on Friday, 70-65, to advance to its first round-of-8 sport within the ladies\u2019s N.C.A.A. event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI can\u2019t imagine it,\u201d Miami Coach Katie Meier stated. \u201cI\u2019m not going to behave cool. That is superior.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Villanova had cruised to the spherical of 16, beating its lower-seeded opponents by a mean of 18 factors. The Wildcats gave the impression to be constructing for a run behind their star, Maddy Siegrist, the highest scorer in Division I.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">However from the start of Friday\u2019s sport, it was clear that this matchup can be a lot totally different from Villanova\u2019s earlier video games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Miami\u2019s protection smothered Villanova\u2019s ballhandlers, hounding them as quickly as they inbounded the ball. Miami\u2019s velocity and physicality made up for a peak drawback and compelled rushed photographs and turnovers, inflicting Villanova\u2019s offense to look confused. By the point Villanova appeared to have figured Miami\u2019s protection out within the second half, it seemed to be too late.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">However Siegrist, who scored a game-high 31 factors, led a livid rally within the third and fourth quarters as Miami tightened up, seemingly afraid of spiraling. Nonetheless, the Hurricanes held shut regardless that they blew their lead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Siegrist, who might go away faculty early to declare for the W.N.B.A. draft, tearfully stated after the sport that her future was unsure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI\u2019ve received to speak to my dad and mom and stuff,\u201d Siegrist stated. \u201cHowever I couldn\u2019t be extra grateful for the chance to be right here. Like so many good folks, and it\u2019s actually in regards to the folks, take the basketball half out of it, the recollections and folks I&#8217;ll cherish without end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Miami had confronted a way more tough path to the spherical of 16 than Villanova, with shut video games and a win over Indiana, a No. 1 seed, on its house flooring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Miami will play Louisiana State on Sunday.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-9ycfei eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-6d6af71e\">Friday evening\u2019s video games, all occasions Jap.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-9w1fbe e6idgb70\">Ladies\u2019s Event<\/p>\n<ul class=\"css-1le37cb ez3869y0\">\n<li class=\"css-o74qhc eoqvrfo0\"\/>\n<li class=\"css-o74qhc eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-1il0jfh evys1bk0\">No. 2 Iowa vs. No. 6 Colorado, in progress, ESPN<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-o74qhc eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-1il0jfh evys1bk0\">No. 5 Louisville vs. No. 8 Mississippi, 10 p.m., ESPN<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"css-9w1fbe e6idgb70\">males\u2019s Event<\/p>\n<ul class=\"css-1le37cb ez3869y0\">\n<li class=\"css-o74qhc eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-1il0jfh evys1bk0\">No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 5 San Diego State, in progress, TBS<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-o74qhc eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-1il0jfh evys1bk0\">No. 1 Houston vs. No. 5 Miami, in progress, CBS<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-o74qhc eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-1il0jfh evys1bk0\">No. 6 Creighton vs. No. 15 Princeton, 9 p.m., TBS<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-o74qhc eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-1il0jfh evys1bk0\">No. 2 Texas vs. No. 3 Xavier, 9:45 p.m., CBS<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Supply: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/24\/sports\/ncaabasketball\/march-madness-friday.html\">NY Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GREENVILLE, S.C. \u2014 The round-of-16 sport was slipping away from Miami, as Villanova closed a 21-point hole. However the ninth-seeded Hurricanes stopped the reversal within the closing minute, scoring 6 straight factors to beat fourth-seeded Villanova on Friday, 70-65, to advance to its first round-of-8 sport within the ladies\u2019s N.C.A.A. event. \u201cI can\u2019t imagine it,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31158"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31159,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31158\/revisions\/31159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}