Former Virginia Tech guard Sean Pedulla transferred to Mississippi after last season, and has led Ole Miss in scoring, assists and steals. Mississippi is a No. 6 seed, facing No. 11 seed North Carolina in Milwaukee.
In North Carolina's loss to Duke in the Sweet 16, Lanie Grant dished it to Alyssa Ustby for one of her final buckets as a Tar Heel.
A season-low in scoring plagued No. 3 seed North Carolina (29-8, 13-6 ACC) as it fell, 47-38, to No. 2 seed Duke (29-7, 14-4 ACC) on Friday afternoon at Legacy Arena in Birmingham.
The last at-large team in the NCAA field, UNC couldn’t replicate its wire-to-wire spirited play from its First-Four win. The 11th-seeded Tar Heels fell behind early to No. 6 Ole Miss and never fully recovered.
The bracketologists — the smart ones, the good ones, and all the many rest of them — had spoken. North Carolina’s 1-12 record in Quadrant 1 games was utterly and totally disqualifying.
Madness is in full swing and the second weekend of the women's tournament begins on Friday with Sweet 16 action in Birmingham and Spokane.
UNC women's basketball guard Reniya Kelly is playing at home Friday in the NCAA Women's Tournament Sweet 16. And she's playing against Duke.