Now that Georgetown has gone farther in the NCAA Tournament than ever before, the Hoyas and Sugar Rodgers are poised to take another crack at Connecticut.

Rodgers scored a career-high 34 points, and No. 5 seed Georgetown (24-10 breezed past fourth-seed Maryland, 79-57, Tuesday night to advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time.

Georgetown will face top-seed Connecticut in the Philadelphia Regional. The Hoyas went 0-2 against their Big East rivals this season.

Texas A&M 70, Rutgers 48: Danielle Adams had 28 points and 11 rebounds, Sydney Carter added 14 points and Tyra White had 11 for the second-seeded Aggies (29-5) in Bossier City, La.

April Sykes scored 21 for No. 7 seed Rutgers (20-13), which was held to 35.8 percent shooting (19 of 53).

The Aggies move on to Dallas next weekend against Georgia.

Georgia 61, Florida St. 59: Jasmine James scored on a putback with 2.1 seconds left, then made the subsequent free throw to lift Georgia (23-10) in Auburn, Ala.

Baylor 82, West Virginia 68: Brittney Griner had 30 points as top-seeded Baylor (33-2) advanced to the Sweet 16 for the sixth time in eight years. Baylor will play Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Wisconsin-Green Bay 65, Michigan St. 56: Adrian Ritchie scored 20 points, Julie Wojta added 18 and Green Bay (34-1) extended its winning streak to 25 games.

Oklahoma 88, Miami 83: Danielle Robinson scored six straight points after No. 3 seed Miami pulled even for the first time since early in the game, and sixth-seeded Oklahoma (23-11) won in Charlottesville, Va.

Louisville 85, Xavier 75: Freshman point guard Shoni Schimmel had a career-high 33 points, leading a late comeback that swept Louisville (22-12) past No. 2 Xavier (29-3) in Cincinnati. -- AP

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