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Final Four 2025 scores, results: UConn tops UCLA, South Carolina defeats Texas to reach NCAA basketball championship
After several days of anticipation, the women’s Final Four took over Tampa on Friday night, and the stars of the sport ultimately came out on top by the night’s end.
In the early game, South Carolina continued its quest to become the first repeat national champion since UConn won four straight from 2013 to 2016, defeating Texas 74-57 in the semifinal. Another championship would be the Gamecocks’ third title in four seasons.
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In the nightcap, UConn’s Paige Bueckers continued her final push for a national championship, the sole mountain she has yet to climb in her collegiate career, as the Huskies handily beat UCLA, 85-51. Bueckers and Co. will take on the Gamecocks on Sunday afternoon at Amalie Arena.
Women’s Final Four results
No. 1 South Carolina 74, No. 1 Texas 57
For the third time in four years, South Carolina is heading back to the national championship.
After a slow start, the No. 1 Gamecocks surged back beat No. 1 Texas, 74-57, in the first matchup of the 2025 Final Four. South Carolina took care of business behind a strong third quarter and an electric performances from Te-Hina Paopao and Joyce Edwards.
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Like many South Carolina wins this year, the game started off slow and Texas pulled ahead to an early lead. But South Carolina battled back to make it a one-point deficit at the end of the first quarter, and held the Longhorns back throughout the second frame as well.
A giant third quarter seemed to seal the deal for the Gamecocks: South Carolina outscored Texas 20-9, which extended a 38-35 halftime lead to 58-44. The lead only grew in the fourth quarter, with a number of key 3-pointers sealing the deal for the Gamecocks.
No. 2 UConn 85, No. 1 UCLA 51
It wasn’t another record-setting outing from Paige Bueckers, but the Huskies still picked up a dominant win on Friday night.
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Now, Bueckers and No. 2 UConn will have a shot at claiming their first national championship in nearly a decade.
The Huskies, thanks to a huge first half from Azzi Fudd, rolled over No. 1 UCLA in the Final Four on Friday night. They grabbed an 85-51 win over the Bruins. That officially sets up a rematch against South Carolina in the national championship game on Sunday afternoon.
Bueckers, who has scored at least 31 points in each of the last three games, was held to just 12 points in Friday’s blowout win. This time, though, it was all Fudd.
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Texas man accused of killing pregnant wife allegedly cuts off ankle monitor and flees to Italy
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A Texas man facing charges for allegedly killing his pregnant wife has reportedly cut off his ankle monitor and fled abroad.
Lee Mongerson Gilley, 39, is accused of murdering his wife, Christa Bauer Gilley, and the couple’s unborn child in Houston in 2024, according to KPRC.
Gilley was set to appear in court Tuesday, but instead flew from Texas to Canada, and finally Italy, where he told authorities he was seeking asylum after being “wrongfully prosecuted” and is fearful of receiving the death penalty, his attorney told the outlet.
“I’m concerned that the prosecution will try to say that it’s evidence of consciousness of guilt that he’s running from it, but I think he’s just scared,” defense attorney Dick DeGuerin reportedly said.
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Lee Mongerson Gilley, 39, is accused of murdering his wife, Christa Bauer Gilley, and their unborn child in Houston in 2024, according to KPRC. (Christa Bauer Gilley/Facebook)
Gilley, whose murder trial was set to begin later this month, is reportedly in the custody of Italian authorities. His ankle monitor alerted authorities it had been tampered with on Friday, according to the outlet.
DeGuerin told the outlet that before Gilley can be returned to Texas, the state must certify to Italy that he is not eligible for the death penalty — which the prosecution is not seeking in his case.
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Gilley is accused of killing his wife, Christa, and their unborn baby by “applying pressure to [her] neck and upper back” on Oct. 7, 2024, according to charging documents obtained by People.
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Defense attorney Ed McClees and his client, Lee Mongerson Gilley, appear in the 497th District Court at the Harris County Justice Center in Houston on Oct. 17, 2024. Gilley is charged with capital murder in the death of his wife, Christa Gilley. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
Prosecutors reportedly allege Gilley initially claimed Christa, who was nine months pregnant, had overdosed and that he had tried to save her with CPR, but a medical examiner later pointed to evidence of strangulation and ruled her death a homicide.
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After he was arrested days later, Gilley allegedly admitted his wife was not a drug user or suicidal, and that the couple had been arguing before her death, KPRC reported.
In 2025, while out on bond, prosecutors reportedly allege Gilley and an unnamed woman, whom he had an affair with in 2023, devised a scheme to flee to Mexico and other countries, according to the outlet.
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Prosecutors allege Lee Mongerson Gilley killed his wife, Christa Bauer Gilley, who was nine months pregnant, in Houston in 2024. (Christa Bauer Gilley/Facebook)
“The Defendant also inquired as to whether she knew of a Mexican identity he could acquire to facilitate his departure from the country,” the document said.
Gilley also allegedly “provided a detailed plan” to remove his GPS monitor and perform a sham marriage to obtain a new identity, prosecutors reportedly said.
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Authorities are working to extradite Gilley back to the country, according to KPRC.
Gilley’s defense attorney and the Harris County District Attorney’s Office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
The Southeastern Conference (SEC) announced on Monday that Texas baseball pitcher Dylan Volantis will share this week’s Pitcher of the Week award with LSU’s Zac Cowan. From Texas Athletics’ announcement:
“Against No. 10 Mississippi State, Volantis registered a co-career-best 12 strikeouts and scattered three singles across six scoreless innings. After the Bulldogs notched a two-out infield hit in the first, the 6-foot-6, 220-pound left-hander retired 10 of the next 11 batters he faced. Volantis capped off that stretch by punching out the side on only 10 pitches in the fourth. Overall, the Thousand Oaks, Calif., native threw 107 pitches, which marked the most by a Longhorn this year. In Texas’ 3-1 victory, the Longhorns totaled 19 strikeouts, tying their most in a nine-inning game in program history.“
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