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Women's March Madness first-round winners and losers: ACC cruises, mid-majors fall

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The Women's NCAA Tournament has been pretty chalky. But there are plenty of storylines. Here are the winners and losers from the first round.

The Women's NCAA Tournament has been pretty chalky thus far but that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of storylines to talk about after the first-round games have finished. The No. 1 seeds UConn, UCLA, South Carolina and Texas easily advanced.

The ACC is also looking good in the early going, 8-2 through the first round. Mid-majors in the tournament, on the other hand, have not fared so well. Clemson lost a game by a millisecond and, after being 14-0 earlier this season, Iowa State got eliminated got eliminated despite 37 points from Audi Crooks.

Here are the winners and losers from round one of Women's March Madness: WINNERS TCU guard Olivia Miles Miles brought a different level of intensity to the first round of March Madness and recorded 12 points, a career-high 16 rebounds and a program-record 14 assists in TCU’s 86-40 blowout win over No. 14 UC San Diego . It marked Miles’ sixth triple-double of the season and the 12th of her career.

Only Sabrina Ionescu (23) and Caitlin Clark (17) have more career triple-doubles in women's college basketball. It was also the first tournament triple-double by a Big 12 player. Miles’ 14 assists tied her career-high and set a new TCU single-game record.

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