Rori Harmon led Texas to the NCAA Elite Eight on Saturday. (AP photo)

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Rori Harmon came back to Texas for another chance to win a national championship. The 5-foot-6 sparkplug point guard and the Longhorns are one win away from getting back to the women’s Final Four for the second year in a row.

Harmon got the Longhorns off to a fast start with an all-around effort, and played through a jammed right middle finger to finish with 11 points, seven assists, seven rebounds and six steals in a 76-54 Sweet 16 win over Southeastern Conference rival Kentucky on Saturday.

“Yeah, the urgency that I play with is that when you lose right now you’re done, so that’s constantly in my mind,” said Harmon, in her fifth and final year in the program. “There has to be a certain urgency and intensity that we play with to not let any team try to work their way back or anything. I think that’s how we came out today.”

Jordan Lee scored 18 points while All-America forward Madison Booker had 17 points, eight rebounds and five assists for the Longhorns (34-3). They have an 11-game winning streak and are in the Elite Eight for the third year in a row.

Texas, which last year went to the Final Four for the first time since 2003 and won its only national title in 1986, will play second-seeded Michigan in the Fort Worth Regional 3 final on Monday night. The Wolverines beat Louisville 71-52 earlier Saturday, setting up the only regional final this year matching the top two seeds.

After Amelia Hassett hit a 3-pointer on the first shot of the game for the Wildcats (25-11), their only lead didn’t last long. Texas responded with 15-0 run, in the middle of which Harmon had three defensive rebounds and four assists in a span of 90 seconds.

“I thought Rori was really special on the ball,” sixth-year Longhorns coach Vic Schaefer said. “I just love how we opened the game. I love how we came out ready to go. I love how we defended the first half. I just thought we were really, really locked in. Our transition was obviously very good early, and now that was off of our defense.”

Harmon’s early spurt began with a defensive rebound and an assist on Justice Carlton’s 3 that made it 5-3 and put the Horns ahead to stay. Harmon then also had assists on the next three consecutive fast-break layups, one by Carlton before two by Lee that came after Harmon rebounded Kentucky misses.

Clara Strack, the 6-foot-5 center who came from Virginia Tech with coach Kenny Brooks two years ago, led the Wildcats with 16 points. Asia Boone had 11 points while Teonni Key added 10 points and nine rebounds. Kentucky, which has never been past the Sweet 16, also lost to Texas 64-53 on Feb. 9.

“They were on a different planet today, especially that first quarter. They came out and they were aggressive,” Brooks said. “They play right to the rules. The rules allow a certain level of physicality. They play right to it. They don’t go over it. They play right to it. Today, I thought they did a tremendous job of pushing us off of our mark.”

MICHIGAN 71, LOUISVILLE 52

Olivia Olson and the Michigan Wolverines already had weathered a six-minute scoring drought to start the game when they scored 17 consecutive third-quarter points in their Sweet 16 meeting with Louisville.

“When we just take a breath and relax, we have so much fun,” Olson said. “So just that third quarter we were just really playing loose and having fun, and I think that’s what ignited our run.”

Olson scored 19 points, fellow sophomore Syla Swords added 16 and No. 2 seed Michigan overcame a sluggish start for a 71-52 victory over the Cardinals in March Madness on Saturday.

The Wolverines had a 16-0 run in the second quarter to erase an 11-point deficit, their biggest, then broke a tie in the third with the 17-0 burst that let them cruise to their second Elite Eight, both in the past five seasons.

Michigan (28-6) tied a school record for victories and will play top-seeded Texas on Monday night for a spot in the Final Four.

SOUTH CAROLINA 94, OKLAHOMA 68

Even after another dominant offensive effort, the South Carolina players feel that their best is yet to come.

Ta’Niya Latson scored 28 points and Raven Johnson added 18 to help the top-seeded Gamecocks beat No. 4 seed Oklahoma 94-68 on Saturday and advance to the Elite Eight of the women’s March Madness tournament.

South Carolina, which won its first three NCAA Tourney games by an average of 45 points, will face TCU on Monday night for the chance to go to the Final Four in Phoenix from the Sacramento 4 Regional.

The Gamecocks have advanced to the national semifinals in six of the past eight Final Fours and won three national championships during that stretch. Oklahoma was looking for its first trip to the regional since the 2009-10 season which was the Sonners last time in the Final Four.

The Gamecocks (34-3) jumped out to a strong start behind Latson, who was playing in her first Sweet 16. The senior guard played the first three years of her career at Florida State before coming to South Carolina this season. She scored eight of the teams first 10 points as the Gamecocks went up 10-0.

TCU 79, VIRGINIA 69

Marta Suarez had 33 points and 10 rebounds as part of a nearly unstoppable duo with Olivia Miles, and No. 3 seed TCU beat 10th-seeded Virginia.

TCU (32-5), making its second straight appearance in the Elite Eight, will face No. 1 seed South Carolina on Monday for a trip to the Final Four.

Miles, a senior and a three-time All-American, finished with her own gaudy stat line of 28 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists.

A few weeks from now, Suarez and Miles will likely be WNBA draft picks, but for now, their final collegiate season and the chance they took to come to TCU has paid off.

The Horned Frogs went on 17-4 run to start the second half that put them ahead for good, even as the Cavaliers pressed aggressively and cut the lead to six points with 27.1 seconds to go.