No. 3 Notre Dame 84, No. 13 Duke 61

Lindsay Allen and her Notre Dame teammates held up four fingers as the balloons and confetti fell around them. They had a lot to celebrate after winning a fourth consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament title.

The Irish became the second team in ACC history to win four regular-season and tournament championships in the same year when they beat Duke in the championship game on Sunday at Conway, S.C., earning the conference's automatic bid to the NCAAs.

"It's the kind of thing you don't really appreciate in the moment, but dang four straight years, we've done pretty well," Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw said.

Arike Ogunbowale scored 21 points and Brianna Turner added 18 points for the Irish (30-3). Allen had 11 points and a career-high 13 assists to earn MVP honors of the tournament.

"What Lindsay's done in her four years, don't know if anyone will replicate that," McGraw said.

Notre Dame was up 12 at the half before Duke scored 10 straight points to start the third quarter and close the gap, 43-41. McGraw called a timeout and her team responded, scoring the next 14 points during a 20-2 run that blew the game open. Ogunbowale hit two 3-pointers during the spurt, her second one making it 60-43 with 2:28 left in the third.

"I thought we were a little more disciplined on offense and really just tightened up on defense," McGraw said.

The Blue Devils (27-5) couldn't recover.

Lexie Brown scored 16 points to lead Duke, which had played stellar defense in the first two games of the tournament, holding opponents to just 49 points and 29 percent shooting. The Blue Devils were done in by 17 turnovers, which Notre Dame converted to 26 points.

"You have to get your defense back and set," Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie said. "If you turn the ball over in fastbreak mode that's a lot harder to do."

Notre Dame raced out to a quick lead against Duke, scoring on eight of its first nine possessions to go up 18-8. Ogunbowale had seven points during that opening stretch. The lead ballooned to 14 points before Lexie Brown tried to rally Duke, scoring seven straight to get the Blue Devils to 32-25 midway through the second quarter. Allen's layup just before the halftime buzzer gave the Irish a 43-31 advantage.

Duke rallied to start the third quarter with the first 10 points but could get no closer.

No. 2 Baylor 88, No. 24 Kansas St. 71

Nina Davis scored 24 to help Baylor beat Kansas State in the Big 12 semifinals.

Kristy Wallace set a tournament record with 15 assists, and Alexis Prince and Kalani Brown each added 18 points for Baylor (30-2). The Lady Bears will seek their seventh straight tournament title Monday night when they play West Virginia.

Karyla Middlebrook scored 20 points for Kansas State (22-10).

No. 4 Maryland 74, Purdue 64

Brionna Jones had 27 points and 12 rebounds and Maryland beat Purdue to win the Big Ten Tournament championship for the third straight season.

The Terrapins (30-2) are the third team in conference history to win three consecutive titles. They also claimed the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Ashley Morisette scored 18 points for the Boilermakers (22-12), whose seven-game winning streak ended.

Maryland used an 11-0 second-quarter run to open up a 37-28 lead.

Purdue finished the half with six straight points to make it 37-28 and still trailed 42-38 early in the second half. The Terrapins scored the next nine points to make it 51-38 and continued pulling away in the fourth quarter.

Destiny Slocum had 14 points and seven assists for Maryland, which has won 18 of 19 since losing to No. 1 UConn.

Andreona Keys had 15 points for Purdue.

No. 5 South Carolina 59, No. 6 Mississippi St. 49

Kaela Davis had 23 points and A'ja Wilson scored seven of her 15 points in the fourth quarter to send South Carolina to its third straight Southeastern Conference Tournament crown.

The Gamecocks (27-4) entered the final period down 45-40. Davis began the comeback with a 3-pointer and Wilson scored the next five points. Teaira McCowan had 15 points and 12 rebounds for Mississippi State (29-4).

West Virginia 62, No. 12 Texas 59

Tynice Martin scored 29 points, Chiana Ray made two clutch free throws and West Virginia beat Texas in the Big 12 semifinals.

The Mountaineers (22-10) have won their last three games, including tournament upsets of No. 19 Oklahoma and Texas in the tournament. They will face No. 2 Baylor.

Brooke McCarty led Texas (23-8) with 13 points.

No. 18 DePaul 92, Seton Hall 60

Chante Stonewall had a career-high 20 points, Brooke Schulte scored all of her 16 points in the first half and DePaul cruised to a win over Seton Hall in the Big East Tournament.

Jacqui Grant scored 13 points, Tanita Allen added 11 and Amarah Coleman 10 for top-seeded DePaul (25-6).

Schulte scored four points as DePaul took a 6-0 lead, Kelly Campbell hit two 3-pointers during a 10-0 run that made it 18-6 with 3:46 left in the first quarter and the Blue Demons led by double figures the rest of the way. Seton Hall missed six of its last eight shots, while DePaul hit six 3-pointers and shot 64.3 percent from the field, in the second-quarter and the Pirates trailed 52-28 at the break.

Jayla Jones-Pack scored a career-best 13 points for No. 8 seed Seton Hall (12-19).