Top young Australian basketballers Kristy Wallace and Alanna Smith remain on track to clash in the final of the NCAA women's basketball tournament in the US.
Wallace's Baylor University, the number one seed, crushed Florida State 78-58 in Dallas on Saturday to move into the quarter finals.
Wallace scored eight points, including two three-pointers, and was inspirational while grabbing four rebounds and throwing her body on the floor for a steal and loose balls.
"That's why this group is so good," Baylor coach Kim Mulkey, praising Wallace and her other players who came off the bench, said.
"We can go nine deep."
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Baylor face the winner of DePaul and Oregon State.
Smith's Stanford University, on the other side of the draw, are also cutting a path through the tournament.
They knocked out another top seed, Notre Dame, on Friday and will play Washington on Sunday with the victor moving on to the semi-finals.
Wallace, a guard from Queensland, and Smith, a forward from Melbourne, are earmarked as future Australian Olympians.
They were members of the Australian Under 19 bronze medal-winning team at last year's world championships in Russia.
If Baylor and Stanford win two more games they will meet in the April 5 NCAA final in Indianapolis.
