Long Island natives in the NCAA Women's basketball tournament
St. John's Kadaja Bailey makes a three-point basket in the first half of an NCAA basketball game against UConn in Hartford, Conn. Credit: AP/Jessica Hill
Long Islanders in the NCAA Women’s Tournament:
St. John’s: Danielle Cosgrove (Sachem East/Holbrook) and Kadaja Bailey (St. Mary’s/Long Beach)
First game: St. John’s will play at 7 p.m. Thursday in a First Four game (Seattle Regional 3) in Dayton Ohio, against Purdue with the winner getting the No. 11 seed.
How you can watch: ESPN2
Holy Cross: Cara McCormick (St. John the Baptist/Smithtown)
First game: Holy Cross has the No. 15 seed in Greenville Regional 1 and will play No. 2 Maryland in a first-round game at 2:30 p.m. Friday in College Park, Maryland.
How you can watch: ESPNNEWS
Gardner-Webb: Emily Gillis (Division/Levittown)
First game: Gardner-Webb has the No. 15 seed in Greenville Regional 2 and will play No. 2 Utah in a first-round game at 7:30 p.m. on Friday in Salt Lake City, Utah.
How you can watch: ESPNU
Princeton: Grace Stone (Long Island Lutheran/Glen Cove)
First game: Princeton has the No. 10 seed in Greenville Regional 2 and will play No. 7 North Carolina State in a first-round game at 10 p.m. on Friday in Salt Lake City, Utah.
How you can watch: ESPN2
Duke: Celeste Taylor (Long Island Lutheran/Valley Stream)
First game: Duke has the No. 3 seed in Seattle Regional 4 and will host No. 14 Iona in a first-round game at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday in Durham, North Carolina.
How you can watch: ESPN2
