Texas forward Madison Booker (35) shoots against TCU guard Donovyn Hunter (4) during the first half in the Elite Eight of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Monday, March 31, 2025. in Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)2025-04-01T01:17:56Z Follow APs full coverage of March Madness. Get the AP Top 25 womens college basketball poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Madison Booker scored 18 points and No. 1 seed Texas used its stifling defense to reach the Final Four of the womens NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003, beating well-traveled point guard Hailey Van Lith and second-seeded TCU 58-47 on Monday night.The Longhorns (35-3) will face defending champion South Carolina on Friday night in Tampa, Florida, for a spot in the national title game.Texas and won a regional final for the first time in four tries under coach Vic Schaefer, who previously made two Final Four trips with Mississippi State. The Longhorns 35 wins are one more than its only national title-winning squad had in 1986 under Jody Conradt, who was in the stands Monday night and led Texas to its three previous Final Fours.Van Lith scored 17 points in her collegiate finale for TCU (34-4), but Texas neutralized the Horned Frogs star center, Sedona Prince, who had four points and nine rebounds before fouling out with 6:32 left in the game. TCU had never made it past the second round of March Madness, but Van Lith helped the Horned Frogs make program history while taking her third school to the Elite Eight. Booker, Texas offensive dynamo, scored 14 points in the second half. Rori Harmon added 13 points, 11 in the first half.Nothing came easy for the Horned Frogs high-scoring trio of Van Lith, Prince and Madison Conner. Van Lith shot 3 of 15 from the field but made 10 of 11 free throws. The 6-foot-7 Prince attempted only four shots, and Conner scored nine points.___AP March Madness bracket: https://apnews.com/hub/ncaa-womens-bracket and coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/march-madness. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here. ALANIS THAMES Thames is an Associated Press sports writer based in Miami. She previously covered sports for the New York Times.