March Madness: Scores from Saturday’s NCAA games in women’s tournament

Updated: 6:44 PM CDT Mar 21, 2026

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The Madness is underway! Day 2 of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament is underway.Here’s a look at Saturday’s matchups. All times Eastern. (14) Howard, 54 vs. (3) Ohio State, 75Jaloni Cambridge scored 21 points and third-seeded Ohio State rolled to a 75-54 victory over 14th-seeded Howard on Saturday in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament.(14) Vermont, 52 vs. (3) Louisville, 72 Mackenly Randolph scored 20 points to help Louisville pull away for a 72-52 win over Vermont.(16) Southern, 34 vs. (1) South Carolina, 103 Joyce Edwards had 27 points and eight rebounds and No. 1 seed South Carolina won its 17th straight home women’s NCAA Tournament game with a 103-34 defeat of 16th-seeded Southern.(10) Virginia, 82 vs. (7) Georgia, 73 Kymora Johnson scored 28 points and Sa’Myah Smith added a career-high 23 to go with 11 rebounds as 10th seed Virginia beat seventh seed Georgia 82-73 in an NCAA Tournament first-round game.(11) Fairfield, 60 vs. (6) Notre Dame, 79Hannah Hidalgo had a dominant performance with 23 points, nine rebounds, eight steals and six assists as sixth-seeded Notre Dame led the entire game en route to a 79-60 victory over 11th-seeded Fairfield.(12) James Madison, 56 vs. (5) Kentucky, 71Tonie Morgan had 18 points and Amelia Hassett scored 11 of her 14 during a dominant first half to help Kentucky cruise to a 71-56 victory over James Madison.(11) Rhode Island, 55 vs. (6) Alabama, 68Jessica Timmons scored 21 points and Essence Cody added 19 as Alabama beat Rhode Island 68-55.(16) UTSA, 52 vs. (1) UConn, 90The title defense for the UConn women’s basketball team began like so many other NCAA tournament openers for the 12-time national champions. Sarah Strong had 18 points, five rebounds, four assists and five steals in three quarters of play as the Huskies, the top seed in the Fort Worth 1 region, rolled to a 90-52 win over No. 16 UTSA.(9) USC, 71 vs. (8) Clemson, 67Freshman Jazzy Davidson scored 31 points in her women’s NCAA Tournament debut, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:03 left in overtime to lift ninth-seeded Southern California to a 71-67 victory over No. 8 seed Clemson.(15) FDU, 48 vs. (2) Iowa, 58 Ava Heiden scored a career-high 29 points, including 12 straight for Iowa in the fourth quarter, and the No. 2-seeded Hawkeyes survived an upset bid from 15th-seeded Fairleigh Dickinson with a 58-48 victory.(13) Miami (OH), 54 vs. (4) West Virginia, 82Sydney Shaw had 19 points and nine rebounds, Gia Cooke scored 18 points and West Virginia used an early defensive lockdown to take control in a 82-54 victory over Miami (Ohio).(9) Syracuse, 72 vs. (8) Iowa State, 63Uche Izoje had 16 of her 23 points in the first half as ninth-seeded topped No. 8 Iowa State 72-63(15) High Point vs. (2) Vanderbilt – 7:00 p.m.(9) Princeton vs. (8) Oklahoma State – 7:30 p.m.(10) Colorado vs. (7) Illinois – 9:30 p.m.(16) Cal Baptist vs. (1) UCLA – 10:00 p.m.