March Madness 2022: Stanford marches into Elite 8 with 72-66 victory vs Maryland

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The waves from Stanford kept coming. Haley Jones first. Then Cameron Brink. Then Lexie Hull.

The defending national champs showcased their depth, and rolled right into the Elite Eight.

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"I got hot, Cam got hot, Lexie got hot, and whoever it is, I think we did a really good job at feeding that hot hand," Jones said. "We do that in every game."

Hull scored 19 points in her hometown, Jones added 17 points and 10 rebounds, and top-seeded Stanford moved into the women's NCAA Tournament regional final with a 72-66 win over No. 4 seed Maryland on Friday night.

Stanford guard Haley Jones (30) drives to the basket against Maryland during the second half of a college basketball game in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA tournament, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Spokane, Wash.  (AP Photo/Young Kwak)

Meeting in the NCAAs for the first time since the schools played in the same building in the 2008 Elite Eight, the defending national champion Cardinal (31-3) dominated the Terrapins for the first three quarters. Maryland trimmed the deficit to 68-59 with 1:41 left, but couldn't get much closer.

Stanford will face No. 2 seed Texas in the regional final on Sunday night. It's Stanford's 21st Elite Eight under coach Tara VanDerveer.

She was disappointed with the fourth quarter when the Cardinal were outscored 30-13 and made for a nervy final few minutes.

"I didn’t think at halftime that was our best, and definitely after the fourth quarter I’m glad we are able to play and have another game to show how much we’ve improved," VanDerveer said. "Obviously there’s just a lot of things that we could do better, but ... I