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Spokane, Wash. • Gonzaga is headed back to the round of 16 in the NCAA women's basketball tournament, thanks to Kayla Standish and Katelan Redmon.
Standish scored 19 points as 11th-seeded Gonzaga upset No. 3 Miami 65-54 on Monday to advance to the round of 16 for the second consecutive season.
The Zags advance to the Kingston Regional semifinals to play Kentucky.
Redmon scored 16 points for Gonzaga (28-5), which was playing on its home floor in front of an overwhelmingly supportive sold-out crowd.
Shenise Johnson scored 20 points and had 13 rebounds for Miami (26-6), which was undone by poor shooting in the second half.
The game between two of the nation's best offenses was expected to be high-scoring, but it turned into a defensive battle. Miami pressed most of the game.
Miami played without all-ACC guard Riquna Williams, who did not make the trip to Spokane because of unspecified conduct detrimental to the team. She averaged 16 points per game during the season.
In a game that featured 11 lead changes, Gonzaga took the lead for good at 48-46 on Kelly Bowen's 3-pointer with 5:55 left.
Haiden Palmer added 15 points for Gonzaga, which split two regular-season games against BYU this season before losing to the Cougars in the championship game of the West Coast Conference tournament.
Gonzaga advanced to the Elite Eight last year behind since-graduated star Courtney Vandersloot. Miami lost in the second round last year.
Connecticut 72, Kansas State 26 • In Bridgeport, Conn., Bria Hartley scored 13 of her 16 points in the first half and top-seeded Connecticut set a women's NCAA Tournament record for fewest points allowed in a game.
Eighth-seeded Kansas State (20-14) was trying to make it that far for the first time since 2002. The Wildcats were no match for the Huskies (31-4), unable to surpass the previous tournament low of 27 points scored by Southern against Duke in 2006.
Maryland 72 Louisville 68 • In College Park, Md., Laurin Mincy scored 24 points, Tianna Hawkins had 15 points and 14 rebounds, and Maryland squeezed past Louisville to reach the round of 16. The Terrapins trailed 64-59 with six minutes left before closing with a 13-4 run and limiting Louisville to only one field goal.
Stanford 72, West Virginia 55 • In Norfolk, Va., freshman guard Amber Orrange scored a career-high 18 points and Stanford beat West Virginia in the second round. Nnemkadi Ogwumike added 16 points and Chiney Ogwumike finished with 13 for the Cardinal (33-1).