Washington had the open shooter it wanted, and much like those fourth-quarter attempts, it was just a tad off line. Incredible game by the Huskies, pushing the No. 3 seed TCU to the very edge. Easily one of the best games of the tournament so far.
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NCAA women’s tournament takeaways, Day 3: Minnesota drains buzzer-beater as LSU, Texas dominate again
The Sweet 16 field is halfway filled as the first weekend of the NCAA tournament starts to wrap up. There weren’t a ton of surprises on Sunday for the start of the second round, but we did get our first buzzer-beater.
Minnesota reaches Sweet 16 on buzzer-beater
After a buzzer-beater was called off on Saturday, we finally got one.
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Amaya Battle got her game-winner to fall on Sunday afternoon, which lifted Minnesota to what is its first Sweet 16 appearance since 2005. Battle, with less than a second left on the clock, drilled a contested jumper from the short corner to push the Gophers past Ole Miss 65-63. Naturally, that sparked a massive celebration on their home court.
Minnesota had trailed entering the fourth quarter but tied it back up with just 1:17 left to set up the eventual game-winner.
The shot came after what was almost an incredible buzzer-beater to lift Clemson past USC on Saturday. That shot, however, was called off just barely in brutal fashion. The Trojans eventually pushed past the Tigers in overtime.
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The Gophers will now advance to take on either No. 1 UCLA or No. 8 Oklahoma State in the Sweet 16 in Sacramento next weekend. If it’s UCLA, it’ll be a rematch between the Bruins and Gophers in Big Ten play, but the Bruins cruised to a dominant 76-58 win in Minneapolis. That was part of a 25-game win streak that gave UCLA both the regular season and conference tournament titles.
While that’s undoubtedly going to be a tough task, Battle has lifted the Gophers to a place they haven’t been in decades.
LSU keeps dominating
Flau’jae Johnson and the Tigers have had absolutely no issues so far this March. Sunday’s win over Texas Tech set a new NCAA record, too.
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The Tigers cruised to a blowout 101-47 win over the Red Raiders at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. Johnson and Mikaylah Williams each dropped 24 points in the win, and the Tigers shot 56% from the field.
The win was LSU’s 16th game with at least 100 points this season. That set a new NCAA Division I record, snapping the mark that Long Beach State had during the 1986-87 campaign. LSU beat Jacksonville 116-58 in the opening round of the tournament, and entered the event averaging a nation-best 95.1 points per game.
LSU will now take on No. 3 Duke in the Sweet 16, which marks the program’s fifth straight trip to the second weekend of the tournament. The Blue Devils beat No. 6 Baylor 69-46 on Sunday to secure their spot in the Sacramento region.
While the Blue Devils are undoubtedly a very talented group — they ran the table and won both ACC titles, after all — stopping the Tigers has proven to be a nearly impossible task so far this season. It’s going to take a tremendous defensive effort, and likely then some, to pull off that upset win.
Madison Booker dropped a career-high 40 points on Sunday night. (AP/Eric Gay)
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Madison Booker drops 40
Texas was never in any trouble on Sunday, thanks largely to a massive effort from Madison Booker.
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Booker dropped a career-high 40 points to lead the Longhorns to a 100-58 blowout win over No. 8 Oregon. She shot 14-of-21 from the field and had eight rebounds and five assists to go with her 40-piece. It marked the highest-scoring game from anyone in the NCAA tournament so far, men’s or women’s.
The Longhorns are now coming off of back-to-back blowout wins at home to reach what is now their third straight Sweet 16. They beat Missouri State by 42 points on Friday in their first-round matchup, too.
Texas was again the only No. 1 seed in action on Sunday. The other three schools will square off against their respective opponents on Monday to wrap up the first round.
The Longhorns will now await the winner of the matchup between Kentucky and West Virginia in the Sweet 16, which they’ll get to play in Fort Worth. That’s a little less than 200 miles from Austin, which should be a big advantage for them.
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TCU survives in OT
Perhaps the best game of the day came at the very end.
No. 6 Washington took TCU to the very end on Sunday night, and nearly knocked Olivia Miles and the Horned Frogs out of the tournament early. The Huskies forced overtime after Miles missed a potential game-winner, and then they rallied back within a single point after the Horned Frogs opened the extra period on a 7-0 burst.
But in the end, TCU held on and forced a late stop to secure the 62-59 win. That kept the Horned Frogs’ 44-game home win streak alive and sent them into a second straight Sweet 16. Miles had 18 points and 10 rebounds, and was just two assists shy from another triple-double. They’ll now get to take on either Iowa or Virginia in the Sweet 16 in Sacramento.
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Cassandra Negley
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Phew, that one was close. Sayvia Sellers missed the 3-pointer with seconds to go, and the Horned Frogs hold on to extend their home win streak to 44 and go to their second straight Sweet 16.
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Cassandra Negley
Donovyn Hunter was largely a non-factor for TCU until that layup. Put the Horned Frogs up three. Taylor Bigby made a fastbreak layup on the Miles rebound that pushed it to 62-57.
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TCU is up five points, but the pace has been so quick in this overtime period, anything can happen here.
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Cassandra Negley
Thought Olivia Miles should have gotten to the rim on the final possession, instead of taking that deep of a 3 that early. She’s better when she draws attention and can use her shiftiness to cut through the lanes.
Seems like she knew it at the time, and is making up for it here with an assist and a tough bucket. TCU is in control on a 7-0 OT run.
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Olivia Miles’ passing has been incredible in the back half of this game. She’s got seven assists, and just threw up a layup to put TCU up by seven with 3:21 to play.
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Cassandra Negley
WE’RE IN TRUE PAC-12* AFTER DARK TERRITORY
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Olivia Miles missed a step-back 3 as time ticked off the clock, and we’re headed to overtime in Fort Worth. Who will punch their ticket to the Sweet 16?
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Cassandra Negley
These Washington shots rimming in and out are heartbreaking. They’ve missed 7 of their last 8 in a one-possession game.
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Cassandra Negley
That is NASTY work by Olivia Miles. With two defenders on her, she hits the baseline flip-back pass to a wide-open Marta Suarez to tie the game. They last led in the first quarter. It’s the only tie of the game.
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OK, now Olivia Miles is doing Olivia Miles things. She’s got 16 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.
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Sayvia Sellers, my word! Back-to-back 3-pointers from the top keeps the cushion for Washington. Shoutout to Alaskan hoopers.
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They’re up seven with six minutes to go, and just keep hitting huge shots.
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Cassandra Negley
TCU is on pace for a season-low 48 points.
The Horned Frogs scored fewer than 60 only three times. All were against West Virginia: a 51-50 win in January, 62-53 loss in the Big 12 champ game; and a 59-50 win in February.
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This one’s getting chippy as TCU comes clawing back. Can the Horned Frogs keep up their streak of 43 straight wins at home?
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Cassandra Negley
There is a lot of emotion, a lot on the line and a lot falling on officials here. Everyone on both TCU and Washington needs to be careful given the close nature of this game they’re not drawing a technical in these final 10ish minutes.
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Here comes Olivia Miles. TCU pulls within four as Miles scored her 10th point. But Marta Suarez just picked up her fourth foul, which is bad news for the Horned Frogs.
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Halfway through the third period, Washington still leads, by eight points. Olivia Miles hasn’t been a huge factor yet, with just eight points on 4-of-14 shooting.
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It’s been a low-scoring affair in the first half of this one, and the Huskies are looking for the upset. But TCU seemed to find some momentum toward the end of the first half; can they carry it forward?
Minneapolis police are investigating a shooting that seriously injured a man on the city’s north side Wednesday afternoon.
The shooting happened just before 2 p.m. on the 1200 block of 36th Avenue North, according to the Minneapolis Police Department.
Upon arrival, officers found a man inside the living room of a residence suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound. Police provided medical aid to the victim before he was transported by ambulance to an area hospital.
Officers are working to determine what led up the shooting, including if it was accidental, according to officials.
No arrest have been made so far.
The National Weather Service (NWS) has confirmed that the tornado that struck the Detroit Lakes area of northwestern Minnesota on July 6 was rated EF2, with estimated peak winds of 185 km/h (115 mph).
The tornado touched down at 19:47 local time (LT), approximately 3 km (2 miles) south-southwest of Westbury, according to the NWS.
It remained on the ground for about 10 minutes. The tornado had a path length of 10.93 km (6.79 miles) and reached a maximum width of more than 730 m (2 400 feet). It dissipated approximately 6 km (4 miles) northeast of Detroit Lakes at 19:57 LT.
The Becker County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) said deputies and other emergency responders began monitoring the severe weather around 19:30 LT after receiving reports of a possible funnel cloud north of Lake Park.
At approximately 20:14 LT, the Sheriff’s Office received a report of a tornado near the Oakland Beach area, where it caused extensive damage to homes, buildings, and trees.
The NWS confirmed two injuries associated with the event, one of which was directly caused by the tornado.
“1 injury can be directly attributed to the tornado, as a homeowner was injured in their home when their roof was removed by the tornado. The second injury was after the tornado during the cleanup stage and could be due to shock or trauma, according to the county emergency manager,” the NWS reported.
“Responders went from home to home looking for residents and checking for the injured. Two individuals were transported to Essentia St. Mary’s Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. One other patient went to the hospital by private vehicle,” the BCSO said.
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Tornado damage in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota on July 6, 2026. Credit: Becker County Sheriff’s Office
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Tornado damage in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota on July 6, 2026. Credit: Becker County Sheriff’s Office
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Tornado damage in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota on July 6, 2026. Credit: Becker County Sheriff’s Office
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Tornado damage in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota on July 6, 2026. Credit: Becker County Sheriff’s Office
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Tornado damage in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota on July 6, 2026. Credit: Becker County Sheriff’s Office
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Tornado damage in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota on July 6, 2026. Credit: Becker County Sheriff’s Office
The tornado began about 2 km (1 mile) northwest of Wheeler Lake before crossing the lake, where it damaged the roofs of several homes and snapped the trunks of large oak and poplar trees.
It reached its maximum width near the western shore of Big Floyd Lake, with the Oakland Beach neighborhood sustaining the most severe damage.
Multiple garages and lighter outbuildings were swept away, while widespread roof and tree damage was reported. A 2 x 4 m (6 x 12-foot) horse trailer was lofted and carried about 200 m (656 feet) before the tornado crossed Big Floyd Lake and continued east. The last visible damage was identified near the intersection of County Highway 25 and Anchor Road.
More than 500 customers lost power as a result of the storms, according to Detroit Lakes Public Utility.
As the storm tracked east-southeast, strong winds, hail, and heavy rain affected areas north of Audubon before a tornado warning was issued for the Callaway and Rochert areas. Reports of downed trees, power lines, and debris soon followed from Detroit Township between U.S. Highway 59 and County Highway 21.
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1 Public Information Statement – NWS – July 7, 2026
Giordano’s, the famous pizzeria known for their deep-dish style Chicago pizza, is opening a second location in Minnesota at the Mall of America.
The pizza chain also has a location in Richfield, and previously had a location some years ago in Minneapolis in Uptown.
The grand opening of the Mall of America location will be on Thursday, July 16. The restaurant there will be unique, with the restaurant’s first self-service kiosk ordering. It will also have a grab-and-go area and a normal seated restaurant experience.
The Chicago deep-dish chain has been around since 1974, with the vast majority of locations in the Chicagoland area. They have 60 restaurants in nine states and are currently expanding nationwide.
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