The Texas women’s basketball team erupted in cheers, mobbing each other at center court as the final buzzer sounded.
Meanwhile, Maryland was nowhere to be seen. Completely stunned, the Terrapins quietly gathered their items from the bench and headed into the locker room together, vanishing in an instant just as their hopes for a national championship had in a matter of minutes.
With less than a minute to go and the game tied up at 59 points, Texas’ Kyra Lambert stole the ball away from the Terps at the top of the arc, drilled it down the right side of the court and sunk a fast break one-handed layup to put Maryland down two points with 45 seconds left.