BOULDER, Colo. (AP) a The Kansas Jayhawks are not about to complain about their No. 12 seeding. After all, they realize they were likely the last at-large group to help make the women's NCAA tournament after losing seven of the last 11 games. They are willing, but, to demonstrate that they're not your typical 12th seed. The Jayhawks (20-13) were the ones chanting "Sweet 16!" for the 2nd straight time Monday evening after elderly Monica Engelman scored a career-high 27 factors in a upset of fourth-seeded Sc. Kansas became just the 2nd No. 12 seed to advance to the second weekend of the NCAA tournament, joining San Francisco Bay Area in 1996 whilst the only No. 12 seeds to check out up a gain in the opening round with another in the next. No. 12 seeds are 2-15 in the second round considering that the women's area was extended to 64 groups in 1994. The Jayhawks moved on to Norfolk, Va., where they will play the winner of Tuesday's sport between Notre Dame and Iowa in the regional semifinals Sunday. Engelman's past career most readily useful was 26 points set last month against TCU. "For me, Angel made it easy," Engelman said of teammate Angel Goodrich. "I mean, she is a fantastic point guard, so she makes everyone else desire to sprint up the floor she may push the ball and get simple containers in transition." Goodrich's rate allowed the Jayhawks to drive the speed much faster compared to the Gamecocks found comfortable. "That is what we wished to do, we desire to control the tempo," Goodrich said. "When we run we have fun. We wished to catch them off balance, catch them when they're not ready, because when they set up, they are really good." Points were added 20 by goodrich to choose her nine assists. Fourth-seeded Sc (25-8) was denied its 26th gain, which would have been the program's most since joining the Southeastern Conference in 1991-92. "It was a hard-fought, real game," Sc forward Aleighsa Welch said. "It was really an and down tempo." That is perhaps not the Gamecocks' type. They quit only 49.5 points a game title and Kansas nearly had that by halftime. "I told our team at the half, 'We quit 32 items in whole games,'" Sc coach Dawn Staley said. "The pace of the overall game was not our pace. They made us play only a little quicker. I thought we were fairly reliable on the ground offensively, however in order for all of us to stay in basketball games, we've to regulate games from a defensive standpoint, and we did not do that." Staley said having Sancheon White, her most useful defense, perform just 8 minutes in the very first half due to foul trouble was a big section of Engelman's big night. "It was her defensive assignment. We're able to have used her speed, but when you're playing two freshmen (Khadijah Sessions and Tiffany Mitchell) in a large game similar to this, it is very hard to question them to accomplish things they've not done," Staley said. "She was hot. When a person gets going like that, it's difficult to stop." The first meeting between your two schools was an immediate classic, a one-possession game in the last 30 seconds even though South Carolina didn't report again after Ashley Bruner's ocean with 2:52 left tied it at 69. Offensive boards were grabbed 26 by the Gamecocks, a school record for an game, and they had three players post double-doubles. Welch and Bruner scored 16 factors each and pulled down 11 and 12 rebounds, respectively. Elem Ibiam also had a double-double for Sc with 12 items and 10 boards. Yet it's Kansas, which has won four straight games at the Coors Events Center, that's time for the round of 16 after getting there last year as an 11th seed. Iowa got an important scare when heart Carolyn Davis limped off the court, favoring her left leg, after picking right up her fourth foul with 6:40 left. A trainer shot to popularity the support that protects the leg she injured last year, forcing the NCAA tournament to be missed by her. Welch sank both free throws to tie it at 65. "It is definitely a scare to see somebody drop and when I looked over her, she kind of just held her knee and I was just kind of like, 'Dang'! I did not know what to believe, really," Goodrich said. "But on her behalf to obtain up and stand up, it relieved me a little bit. "When that occurs, you've got to keep composed and think we have still got time on the time, we've still got a casino game to complete. But I am glad she got back up and she got back in the game and she did what she had a need to do." It was 67-all when Davis returned with 3:50 remaining. She rapidly rejected Bruner's jumper, and her bucket with 2:30 remaining put Kansas ahead for good at 71-69. A 3-pointer for South Carolina that would have tied at 72 it with less than a half-minute was missed by iseasia Walker remaining and Kansas sealed the gain at the free throw line. Dumb Follow Arnie Melendrez Stapleton on Twitter: http://twitter.com/arniestapleton
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