Sioux Falls, S.D. — Alexis Peterson dropped 26 points and Briana Butler hit 18 as the Syracuse University women's basketball team upset top-seeded South Carolina 80-72 in the Sioux Falls Region semifinal Friday night.

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Fourth-seeded Syracuse rallied from a 13-point deficit in the first half and a six-point hole in the fourth to take the game.

The Orange (28-7) will advance to take on the winner of Friday's second regional semi between Ohio State and Tennessee. That Elite Eight game will be at 3:30 p.m. Sunday (ESPN).

SU pulled away like a champion, taking a 66-65 lead on a three by Butler with 3:01 left and never looking back. Briana Day made it 68-65 on a layup with 2:26 remaining, and after South Carolina's Tiffany Mitchell hit a foul shot SU's Cornelia Fondren hit a layin, was fouled and converted a free throw for a 71-66 Orange edge with 1:56 remaining.

Alaina Coates hit a layin for South Carolina (33-2), but Butler countered with a three for a 74-68 Syracuse lead with 1:11 left. Syracuse then locked down the game on a 6-2 run, courtesy of three foul shots by Peterson and three by Sykes. Sykes finished with 17 points.