{"id":189819,"date":"2026-03-13T06:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T06:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/189819\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T06:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T06:34:09","slug":"rowe-leads-no-6-utsa-past-no-3-south-florida-in-american-conference-womens-basketball-quarterfinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/189819\/","title":{"rendered":"Rowe Leads No. 6 UTSA Past No. 3 South Florida in American Conference Women\u2019s Basketball Quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. \u2014 Cheyenne Rowe recorded a 25-point, 11-rebound double-double as No. 6 UTSA defeated No. 3 South Florida, 62-51, in the quarterfinals of the 2026 American Women\u2019s Basketball Championship on Thursday afternoon at Legacy Arena at the BJCC in Birmingham, Alabama.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nWith the win, the Roadrunners (16-15) advance to face No. 2 East Carolina in the semifinals on Thursday, March 12, at 9 p.m. ET \/ 8 p.m. CT on ESPN+. It marks the second time in three years that UTSA has advanced to the semifinals of the tournament (2024).<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nRowe helped guide the Roadrunners to a first half lead over the Bulls, scoring 14 of the 30 points scored. While neither team connected on a three-pointer in the first half, UTSA shot 45.2 percent from the floor to take the eight-point halftime lead into the locker room.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nEurana Hardaway came alive in the second half for the Roadrunners, scoring all 12 of her points on 4-of-6 shooting, while Rowe added 11 to her total to extend the lead for UTSA.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nA trio of Bulls reached double-figures, led by L\u2019or Mputu who scored 16 points and came down with 10 rebounds.\u00a0 Carla Brito added 14 points, while Edyn Battle contributed 10 points.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; BIRMINGHAM, Ala. \u2014 Cheyenne Rowe recorded a 25-point, 11-rebound double-double as No. 6 UTSA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-189819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}