News Summary

• UCLA defeats Texas 51-44 to set up national title showdown with South Carolina.
• South Carolina has won three championships in the last eight seasons outside of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• UCLA is searching for its first NCAA championship and first title of any sort since Ann Meyers Drysdale led the Bruins to the 1978 crown in the old Assn.
• for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women.“We knew it was going to be a tough, physical game and we knew we had to match that intensity,” guard Kiki Rice said.