The 10 best players in the women's Elite Eight

Posted Mar 31, 2014
Diamond DeShields, North Carolina, guard: DeShields leads the Tar Heels with 18.1 ppg and has scored 10 or more points in all but four games. The ACC Freshman of the Year set a single-game freshman scoring record with 38 points in a win over N.C. State. (USA Today)

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