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A court screw-up brings attention to Portland hosting the NCAA Women's Basketball tournament for the wrong reasons

NCAA women's college basketball teams played multiple tournament games on a Portland court with one three point line significantly shorter than the other one.

Perhaps “Zaza” should be added to that list now that North Carolina State guard Aziaha James has helped get the Wolfpack into the Final Four. “As y'all saw this weekend, she is that girl,” teammate River Baldwin said. Called Zaza by her teammates, James scored 29 points — 25 in the second half — in the third-seeded Wolfpack's 77-67 Sweet 16 victory over Stanford, then had 27 — including a career-high seven 3-pointers — in a 76-66 Elite Eight victory over top-seeded Texas.

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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 Caroli