Unbeaten South Carolina advanced to its third straight final four topping Ohio State 86 75 and the NCAA women's basketball elite 8. Leah Boston scored 22 points and ziya cook had 18 to lead her team back from a 6 point first half deficit. I think we just had to start attacking them the same way they were attacking us. Coach kept telling us that we see harder plans. So we got to make sure we're doing the same thing. But they definitely were getting down on downhill on us and we just wanted to make sure we did the same thing may lay ups and just became great defenders. The gamecocks next play Iowa and Friday's national semifinal. Diamond Miller scored 24 for Maryland in the loss. Josh rowntree AP sports.