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Playing on a court with mismatched 3-point lines, Aziaha James was on target from everywhere. James made a career-high seven 3-pointers and scored 27 points, and third-seeded North Carolina State earned its first trip to the Final Four of the women's NCAA Tournament since 1998, beating top-seeded Texas 76-66 on Sunday in a game played with 3-point lines at different distances on opposite ends of the court. River Baldwin added 16 points for N.C. State (31-6), which will face unbeaten South Carolina in the national semifinals in Cleveland on Saturday.

Dawn Staley has South Carolina back in a familiar place — the Final Four — and she got there this time with an entirely new starting lineup. Tessa Johnson scored 15 points and Kamilla Cardoso added 12 to help the undefeated Gamecocks to a 70-58 win over Oregon State on Sunday in the Albany 1 Regional Final of the women's NCAA Tournament. “Proud because we beat the odds,” Staley said.

The 3-point line for the women's NCAA Tournament at Moda Center had a discrepancy in distance at each end of the court that went unnoticed through four games over two days before Texas and North Carolina State were informed of the problem ahead of their Elite Eight matchup on Sunday. The teams' coaches agreed to play Sunday's game as scheduled with the mismatched 3-point lines rather than delay it, the NCAA said in a statement. N.C. State beat Texas 76-66 to advance to the Final Four.

Sunday’s Portland regional final NCAA Tournament game between NC State and Texas is being played on a court where the measurements are different on opposite ends

Saniya Rivers won a national championship with USC. Now, she’ll face her former team in the national semifinals on Friday in Cleveland.