NCAA Women’s Final Four live winners and losers: Updates on South Carolina, UConn, Texas, UCLA

By | April 3, 2026
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Friday’s slate of games sets up nicely for competitive games, resulting in the National Championship matchup. South Carolina Gamecocks vs the UConn Huskies is not only a matchup of 1s vs 1s, it’s also a rematch. Last year UConn defeated South Carolina 82-59 in the National Championship game. 

The semifinal game tonight has been rather close. South Carolina has held the lead for exactly 51% of the game as of the start of the 4th quarter. 

Winners: 

The first “winner” is Women’s College Basketball fans. After the Elite Eight round that included not one single close game, UConn vs S. Carolina has been exactly what fans need. Two elite programs battling it out in a close, competitive game. 

Raven Johnson (S.CAR): Johnson drew the assignment of defending Sarah Strong. Johnson is giving up 5″ in size, but has held Strong to only 12 points on 4 of 16 shooting. 

Ta’Niya Latson (S.CAR): First double-double in a Final Four. 

Losers:

Anyone rooting for a blowout when these two teams face each other

The Big East after hearing Geno Auriemma’s comments between the 3rd and 4th quarter. 

Kayleigh Heckel missed a wide-open layup to cut the lead with 1:07 left in the game. We’ll leave it at that as she was visibly shaken after that play.  

Highlights and fan reactions: 

Up next, No. 1 UCLA vs No. 1 Texas.

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