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 PITTSBURGH (AP) - Notre Dame had green uniforms, green fingernails and one of the greenest lineups in the NCAA women's tournament. By the end of a tightly played game that tested the inexperienced Fighting Irish's nerves and composure, they looked liked veterans.
Tulyah Gaines made two free throws with 16.5 seconds remaining after Notre Dame's Charel Allen scored a key basket and set up another, and the Fighting Irish rallied for a 62-59 victory over California in the NCAA tournament Sunday.
The eighth-seeded Irish (20-11) relied on Allen's 13 points and Melissa Lechlitner's 12 to advance to a second-round game Tuesday in the Dallas Regional against top-seeded North Carolina (31-3), also in Pittsburgh.
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