NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament 2017: Monday Scores and Updated Bracket

Many of the best teams in the country were in action on Day 4 of the NCAA women's basketball tournament.

Top seeds like Connecticut, Baylor, Duke and Stanford battled for a spot in the Sweet 16, although not all of them had an easy time with underdogs doing everything they could to throw a wrinkle in the bracket.

In a single-elimination tournament like this, anything can happen with every squad hoping to keep its season alive for just a little bit longer.

Here are the latest results from Monday as the opening weekend comes to a close.

Monday Results

Region	Matchup	Result
Bridgeport	No. 1 Connecticut vs. No. 8 Syracuse	94-64, Connecticut
Lexington	No. 2 Stanford vs. No. 7 Kansas State	69-48, Stanford
Bridgeport	No. 2 Duke vs. No. 10 Oregon	74-65, Oregon
Oklahoma City	No. 4 Louisville vs. No. 5 Tennessee	75-64, Louisville
Oklahoma City	No. 3 Washington vs. No. 6 Oklahoma	108-82, Washington
Oklahoma City	No. 1 Baylor vs. No. 9 California	86-46, Baylor
Stockton	No. 4 Miami vs. No. 12 Quinnipiac	85-78, Quinnipiac
Bridgeport	No. 4 UCLA vs. No. 5 Texas A&M	75-43, UCLA

An updated bracket is available at NCAA.com.

Recaps

Connecticut 94, Syracuse 64

It was a rematch of last year's national championship, and even with a relatively new cast, the result was mostly the same.

Connecticut dominated Syracuse from start to finish, this time thanks to the red-hot shooting of Kia Nurse.

The team's Twitter account noted just how impressive the guard was in the first half:

This performance helped UConn go up 17 points after the first quarter and 28 points by halftime in a game that was never really in doubt. Nurse hit one more three-pointer but wasn't needed much in the second half and got her rest.

She finished with 29 points on 10-of-13 shooting, including 9-of-12 from three-point range to put her in the record books, per ESPN Stats & Info:

Katie Lou Samuelson and Gabby Williams also helped out with 23 points apiece.

Alexis Peterson did everything she could for Syracuse with 25 points, five rebounds and four assists, but when the defense allowed the Huskies to make 62.3 percent of their shots, there isn't much you can do.

Connecticut will now take the short trip to Bridgeport for the next round as it tries to complete another perfect season.

Stanford 69, Kansas State 48

Although Stanford had to play a road game against the lower-seeded Kansas State, it didn't matter much for the final score.

The Cardinal utilized excellent defense from start to finish to shut down their opponent and move on to the Sweet 16 once again.

Kansas State was held to just 21 points in the first half and was fortunate to even break 40 in the contest. The squad shot just 38.8 percent from the field, including 26.7 percent from three-point range. There were also 15 turnovers with just 12 assists.

Andrew Hammond of the Associated Press summed it up nicely:

Brittany McPhee led the way for Stanford offensively with 21 points, also adding seven rebounds and five assists. Alanna Smith added 19 points and seven rebounds off the bench.

Stanford will take on No. 3 seed Texas in the next round in Lexington.

Oregon 74, Duke 65

One day after the Duke men's basketball team lost in the second round as a No. 2 seed, the Duke women did the same, falling to No. 10 Oregon in a major upset.

Despite playing in Cameron Indoor Stadium, where Duke had won every game this year, Oregon started hot and controlled the game from start to finish.

Lexie Brown did almost everything she could to help the Blue Devils with 25 points, six assists, five rebounds and two steals. However, only one other player finished in double figures in a disappointing effort at home.

Oregon had a balanced effort in the win with four different players scoring at least 13 points. Freshman Ruthy Hebard was the star, however, dominating inside with 20 points and 15 rebounds to lead the team.

The Ducks will now participate in the Sweet 16 for the first time in program history, taking on No. 3 Maryland in Bridgeport.

Louisville 75, Tennessee 64

Tennessee had a lot of great individual efforts, but the storied program suffered a second-round loss at the hands of Louisville.

As Eric Crawford of WDRB noted, this was rare territory for Tennessee:

The Cardinals overcame a one-point deficit going into the fourth quarter and turned things around with an 8-0 run. The Lady Vols never led again, finishing at just 33.3 percent shooting from the field.

Jaime Nared finished with 28 points and 11 rebounds for the Lady Vols, which also saw Mercedes Russell and Jordan Reynolds work hard on the boards. Unfortunately, this wasn't enough to survive the game.

Myisha Hines-Allen filled up the box score for Louisville, totaling 14 points, 13 rebounds and five assists. Asia Durr also did her job offensively with 23 points to lead the team to victory.

The Cardinals will now take on the winner of Baylor and California.

Washington 108, Oklahoma 82

Kelsey Plum continues to make her assault on the record books.

The senior posted her first career double-double with 38 points and 11 assists while shooting 6-of-9 from beyond the arc. Of course, the most impressive part is what this did for her season-long performance, as noted by the Pac-12 Network account:

Plum already had the all-time scoring mark for a career, but she has now passed Jackie Stiles for the single-season mark as well.

Not to be overshadowed, Chantel Osahor filled up the box score with 16 points, 15 rebounds, seven assists, two steals and two blocks.

Oklahoma had a great offensive showing with four players in double figures, but it clearly wasn't able to keep up on the scoreboard with the offensive juggernaut that is the Huskies.

Baylor 86, California 46

The top seed in the Oklahoma City region had little trouble advancing beyond the second round and into the Sweet 16.

Baylor used a balanced attack to dispatch of California, with no player scoring more than 16 points in an 86-point effort. The Lady Bears had 28 assists on 34 made baskets.

Kristy Wallace was the key to the game, scoring just 10 points but adding nine assists and two steals in the win.

Meanwhile, Kristine Anigwe did her best to keep Cal alive with 20 points and 11 rebounds. Unfortunately, she also had 11 of the team's 24 turnovers. Aside from Anigwe, the rest of the team also shot just 23.8 percent from the field.

Baylor will now take on Louisville, which could present some trouble in the Sweet 16.

Quinnipiac 85, Miami 78

Quinnipiac remained the biggest Cinderella story in the NCAA tournament, moving into the Sweet 16 as a No. 12 seed.

Just days after upsetting No. 5 Marquette with a three-point win, the Bobcats kept it going against No. 4 seed Miami.

The game was just a one-point margin with one minute remaining, but Adily Martucci hit a three-pointer to put Quinnipiac up four points, as captured by NCAA Women's Basketball:

Quality defense and free-throw shooting then helped the underdogs complete the upset.

Morgan Manz scored 22 points off the bench for Quinnipiac, knocking down 6-of-8 from three-point range. The Bobcats made 15-of-26 from deep in the win, and Miami simply couldn't keep up.

The challenge will only get tougher as the squad will have to face top-seeded South Carolina next.

UCLA 75, Texas A&M 43

UCLA led from wire to wire for an easy win over Texas A&M.

The Bruins needed less than eight minutes to go up double digits, and the margin never dropped below that mark for the rest of the game. By the time they'd built up a 42-21 lead at the half, the only question was what the final margin would become.

Kari Korver lived up to her name by shooting 7-of-10 from three-point range to lead all scorers with 21 points. Jordin Canada and Kennedy Burke combined for 20 assists and just two turnovers as the offense ran as a well-oiled machine Monday night.

On the other side, Texas A&M struggled with its shooting and had no players with more than 10 points scored.

UCLA will have to perform as well as it did in this game for its next matchup against No. 1 UConn.