Aziaha James made a career-high seven 3-pointers and scored 27 points, and third-seeded North Carolina State reached the Final Four for the first time since 1998.
Aziaha James made a career-high seven 3-pointers and scored 27 points, and third-seeded North Carolina State earned its first trip to the Final Four of the women's NCAA Tournament since 1998, beating top-seeded Texas 76-66 on Sunday in a game played with 3-point lines at different distances on opposite ends of the court. River Baldwin added 16 points for N.C. State , which will face unbeaten South Carolina in the national semifinals in Cleveland on Saturday.
No matter how far away the arc was, it didn't bother James, who finished 7 of 9 on 3s. N.C. State led by 18 points in the first half, but Texas closed within 54-48 on Deyona Gaston's jumper late in the third quarter. James answered with a 3 to put the Wolfpack ahead by nine heading into the final period. Booker's three-point play moved Texas within 63-55. The Longhorns kept up their pressure with Taylor Jones' three-point play to narrow the gap to 65-58 with 4:41 to go.
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