MiLaysia Fulwiley scored 23 points, including a go-ahead layup with 2:22 left, and Chloe Kitts added 15 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 1 seed South Carolina beat fourth-seeded Maryland 71-67 on Friday in the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament in Birmingham, Ala.

The defending national champion Gamecocks went back-and-forth with the Terrapins all game before finally doing enough in the final few minutes to put it away.

South Carolina will face Duke in the Elite Eight on Sunday. The Blue Devils beat Atlantic Coast Conference rival North Carolina 47-38 earlier Friday.

Dawn Staley’s team trailed 60-59 with 3:25 left before holding Maryland without a point over the next three minutes. Fulwiley’s layup began the 7-0 run that gave the Gamecocks (33-3) just enough of a cushion.

Kitts added three free throws during the spurt and Fulwiley scored on a coast-to-coast drive.

The Gamecocks were leading 66-60 with 25 seconds left when Saylor Poffenbarger ended Maryland’s scoring drought with a 3-pointer.

But the Terps couldn’t get closer as the Gamecocks made five of six free throws down the stretch, including two by Fulwiley with 10.9 seconds left that made it 71-65.

Kaylene Smikle scored 17 points to lead Maryland (25-8) before fouling out.

Duke 47, North Carolina 38: Oluchi Okananwa had her third double-double of the season and Duke beat Atlantic Coast Conference rival North Carolina 47-38 in a grind-it-out defensive battle, sending the Blue Devils to the Elite Eight.

The second-seeded Blue Devils climbed out of an early 11-0 to advance to the 12th regional final in program history and first since 2013.

“I’ll be honest. I was a little worried down 11-0 and we hadn’t scored at all in the game,” Duke coach Kara Lawson said. “But I don’t think there’s ever been a shutout. I felt pretty good we could score at some point.”

That didn’t come until the four-minute mark of the first, when Jordan Wood drew a foul and made one of two free throws.

Okananwa, a reserve, scored 10 of her 12 points in the first half and had 10 rebounds. Duke got 26 points from its bench compared to North Carolina’s six.

Ashlon Jackson finished with 10 points, and Toby Fournier, Duke’s leading scorer this season who was sidelined for the Blue Devils’ second-round win over Oregon with an illness, was held to three points.

Fifth-year senior Alyssa Ustby had nine points on 3-of-10 shooting for the third-seeded Tar Heels, who were seeking their first Elite Eight appearance since 2014. Led by Ustby, who averaged 10.9 points per game, the Tar Heels had reached their second Sweet 16 in the past four years.

“Sitting up here after a loss is disappointing,” North Carolina coach Courtney Banghart said, “especially when you hold your third straight tournament team below 50 points and you don’t win the game.”

Neither team shot the ball well. The 85 points were the fewest combined ever in a regional semifinal. Duke shot 31% after missing its first nine attempts. North Carolina shot 28% from the field.

The last time a team won in the women’s tournament with just 47 points was in the 2008 Final Four when Tennessee beat LSU 47-46. That was also the previous lowest-scoring game in the Sweet 16 or later.

Lawson said it was exactly the type of game you would expect from rivals that are so familiar with each other. It was their third meeting of the season. They last faced each other less than a month ago, with North Carolina winning 68-52 on Duke’s home floor.

TODAY’S GAMES

UConn (33-3) vs. Oklahoma (27-7), Spokane 4 Regional: Senior guard Paige Bueckers leads the Huskies, averaging 19.2 points per game with 4.4 rebounds and 4.8 assists. Sarah Strong is averaging 15.9 points, 10.1 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 2.5 steals and 2.4 blocks over the last 10 games.

For the Sooners, Raegan Beers is averaging 17.5 points and 9.3 rebounds, and Payton Verhulst is averaging 14.6 points over the last 10 games.

UConn, which went 21-0 against the Big East, has averaged 84.5 points, 34.9 rebounds, 20.8 assists, 11.0 steals and 5.1 blocks per game while shooting 52.8% over its last 10 games.

Tennessee (24-9) vs. Texas (33-3), Birmingham 3 Regional: The top-seeded Longhorns faces Southeastern Conference foe Tennessee in the other game in the regional semifinals.

Texas won 80-76 the Jan. 24 matchup behind 26 points from All-America guard Madison Booker. Ruby Whitehorn had 21 points for Tennessee in that game.

Tennessee coach Kim Caldwell missed that game while she was recovering from giving birth to her son.

“I was not very involved in the prep on that one. A little bit busy,” she said. “But, you know, it was interesting to sit at home and watch it and to yell at your team through the TV like a fan as opposed to a coach. We did go back and watch the film and just treated it like a normal game prep since.”

Notre Dame (28-5) vs. TCU (33-3), Birmingham 3 Regional: TCU averages 77.7 points and has outscored opponents by 20.2 points per game.

Notre Dame ranks third with 28.5 defensive rebounds per game led by Liatu King averaging 7.3.

TCU scores 77.7 points, 16 more per game than the 61.7 Notre Dame gives up. Notre Dame averages 7.4 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.4 more made shots on average than the 5.0 per game TCU allows.

The teams meet for the second time this season. TCU won 76-68 in the last matchup on Nov. 29. Hailey Van Lith led TCU with 21 points, and Hannah Hidalgo led Notre Dame with 27 points.