NCAA women's roundup: Lady Bear gives impressive final perfomance, Duke makes statement in Durham

WACO, Texas – Brittney Griner certainly knows how to provide a farewell to remember.

Griner had three impressive dunks in her final home game, an 85-47 win over Florida State in the Oklahoma City Regional on Tuesday night.

"Tonight felt like senior night. Tonight was better," Griner said. "The three dunks. Just going out the way we did. Not everybody's lucky, and we were. We gave the crowd a good game."

Griner had 33 points and a career-high 22 rebounds, along with those highlight slams.

With former President George W. Bush part of the crowd packed into the Ferrell Center for the final home game of Griner's impressive career, the 6-foot-8 two-time All-American delivered in spectacular fashion – with one dunk before halftime and two more in a 79-second span right before coming out of the game for good.

Brooklyn Pope had 12 points for Baylor, which has won a nation's-best 57 games in a row at home.

The Lady Bears (34-1) are in the NCAA round of 16 for the fourth year in a row.

Louisville 76, Purdue 63 in Louisville, Ky. – Sara Hammond had 21 points and 10 rebounds to help Louisville beat Purdue (25-9) in the Oklahoma City Regional and advance to the round of 16 for the second time in three years.

The fifth-seeded Cardinals (26-8) will play Baylor on Sunday in Oklahoma City, their fourth regional semifinal in the last six years.

Delaware 78, North Carolina 69 in Newark, Del. – Elena Delle Donne scored 33 points in her final home game, and Delaware rallied past foul-plagued North Carolina in the Bridgeport Regional to advance to the round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament for the first time.

The sixth-seeded Blue Hens (32-3) trailed 50-42 with 15:31 left before coming back to extend their school-record winning streak to 27 games and eliminate third-seeded North Carolina (29-7).

Kentucky 84, Dayton 70 in New York – A'dia Mathies followed up the worst game of her career with one of her best, matching a personal high with 34 points to lead second-seeded Kentucky (29-5) over seventh-seeded Dayton (28-3) in the Bridgeport Regional.

Duke 68, Oklahoma State 59 in Durham, N.C. – Elizabeth Williams had 16 points and 12 rebounds, and Duke (32-3) rallied to beat Oklahoma State (22-11) in the Norfolk Regional.

Notre Dame 74, Iowa 57 in Iowa City, Iowa – Kayla McBride scored a career-high 28 points, and top-seeded Notre Dame (33-1) advanced to the Norfolk Regional semifinals with a win over Iowa (21-13).

LSU 71, Penn State 66 in Baton Rouge, La. – Adrienne Webb scored a career-high 29 points, including two crucial free throws with 22 seconds left, and sixth-seeded LSU (22-11) beat third-seeded Penn State (26-6) in the Spokanne Regional.

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