NCAA Women's Basketball

FINAL Saturday, March 28, 2026
Louisville Cardinals 52
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Michigan Wolverines 71
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MICH923251471
Dickies Arena · ABC

Match Report

Olivia Olson and Syla Swords lead Michigan over Louisville 71-52 in Sweet 16 of March Madness

— Olivia Olson and the Michigan Wolverines already had weathered a six-minute scoring drought to start the game when they scored 17 consecutive third-quarter points in their Sweet 16 meeting with Louisville.

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Team Stats

23-65
FG
28-60
35
Field Goal %
47
3-14
3PT
4-13
21
Three Point %
31
3-9
FT
11-15
33
Free Throw %
73
33
Rebounds
42
14
Offensive Rebounds
13
19
Defensive Rebounds
29
18
Assists
16
8
Steals
9
0
Blocks
5
18
Turnovers
17
2
Team Turnovers
1
18
Total Turnovers
17
0
Technical Fouls
0
0
Total Technical Fouls
0
19
Points Off Turnovers
17
8
Fast Break Points
13
36
Points in Paint
40
20
Fouls
15
11
Largest Lead
23
5
Lead Changes
5
44
Percent Led
51

Top Performers

LOU

  • Elif Istanbulluoglu MIN 34 · PTS 18 · FG 8-12
  • Tajianna Roberts MIN 36 · PTS 7 · FG 3-11
  • Laura Ziegler MIN 30 · PTS 5 · FG 2-10
  • Reyna Scott MIN 31 · PTS 9 · FG 4-9

MICH

  • Olivia Olson MIN 33 · PTS 19 · FG 8-19
  • Syla Swords MIN 37 · PTS 16 · FG 6-14
  • Brooke Quarles Daniels MIN 30 · PTS 7 · FG 2-6
  • Te'Yala Delfosse MIN 22 · PTS 10 · FG 4-5

Recent Plays

  1. 0:00 · 4th Quarter End of Game
  2. 0:00 · 4th Quarter End of 4th Quarter
  3. 0:07 · 4th Quarter Ciara Byars Defensive Rebound.
  4. 0:10 · 4th Quarter Grace Mbugua misses 18-foot jumper
  5. 0:28 · 4th Quarter Reagan Bender Steal.
  6. 0:28 · 4th Quarter Jessica Fields bad pass turnover
  7. 0:29 · 4th Quarter Ally VanTimmeren Offensive Rebound.
  8. 0:34 · 4th Quarter McKenzie Mathurin misses 24-foot three point jumper

Highlights

00:20 Elif Istanbulluoglu hits turnaround jumper for Louisville Watch on ESPN 00:16 Syla Swords banks in the shot for Michigan Watch on ESPN 00:16 Olivia Olson gets the floater to fall for Michigan Watch on ESPN 00:19 Olivia Olson gets the and-1 to fall for Michigan Watch on ESPN

Women's College Basketball News

All news
ESPN Charlie Creme Predictions for every women's basketball conference champ and player of the year From the ACC to the WCC, here are the front-runners and favorites for player of the year for all 32 leagues. ESPN Shane Laflin How top 2027 women's basketball commits fit at their schools Breaking down South Carolina's five-star trio, plus more big women's basketball commitments for 2027-28. News Shane Laflin South Carolina adds Jordyn Palmer to top women's basketball recruiting class Jordyn Palmer, the No. 7 prospect in the 2027 SC Next 100, has committed to South Carolina, sealing the No. 1 recruiting class for the Gamecocks in this cycle. News UConn's Strong, USC's Watkins headline preseason AP All-America women's team UConn's Sarah Strong and USC's JuJu Watkins, who have won The Associated Press Player of the Year award the past two years, headline the preseason AP All-America women's college basketball team released Thursday.