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    Saturday, May 04, 2024

    NCAA women's basketball roundup

    No. 2 Stanford 64, California 44

    Nnemkadi Ogwumike had 18 points and 10 rebounds and Stanford routed Cal Saturday in the semifinals of the Pac-10 Conference tournament at Los Angeles.

    The Bears also lost leading scorer Alexis Gray-Lawson, who was taken away on a stretcher after landing awkwardly on her head with 5 minutes left. With Cal trailing by 26, Gray-Lawson landed backwards and her head hit the court after she her shot was blocked by Michelle Harrison. The senior lay motionless on the court for about 15 minutes before being taken away. She was taken to a hospital for precautionary tests.

    She was averaging 17.9 points coming into the game for the Bears (18-13).

    The top-seeded Cardinal never trailed and has reached the tournament championship game every year since it started in 2002.

    Rosalyn Gold-Onwude added 10 points for Stanford (30-1).

    No. 12 Oklahoma 74, No. 20 Okla. State 69

    Danielle Robinson and Amanda Thompson hit big free throws in the final seconds, lifting Oklahoma past Oklahoma State and sending the Sooners into the Big 12 title game against Texas A&M.

    Andrea Riley, Oklahoma State's streaky 5-foot-5 senior, made six of her first seven shots but missed her last nine and wound up with 32 points - giving her a tournament-record 112 in just three games.

    The victory gave the Sooners (23-9) a three-game season sweep of the Cowgirls (23-10) and pits them against an Aggies team that handed Nebraska its first loss of the season in the other semifinal. A&M and Oklahoma split two games in the regular season.

    Robinson had 19 points for the Sooners, Thompson 17 and Nyeshia Stevenson 15.

    No. 23 UCLA 59, Southern Cal 53

    Darxia Morris scored 16 points and UCLA held on to beat Southern California in the semifinals of the Pac-10 tournament.

    Jasmine Dixon had 10 points and 12 rebounds while Markel Walker had 15 points and eight rebounds for UCLA (24-7), which advanced to play top-seeded Stanford for the championship today. It will be the Bruins second trip to the tournament finals.

    The second-seeded Bruins, making their sixth appearance in the semifinals, missed 11 free throw attempts. But Doreena Campbell made four in the final 19.1 seconds to preserve the win.

    Vermont 55, No. 21 Hartford 50

    Courtney Pilypaitis scored 20 points and Vermont earned a berth in the NCAA tournament with an upset win Hartford.

    Alissa Sheftic added 10 points and eight rebounds for the Catamounts (26-6), who have won 10 of their last 11 games to secure their second consecutive America East title. Vermont's only loss in that string came to Hawks in the regular-season finale, 61-51 on Feb. 27.

    But Hartford had to play this one without senior leader Erica Beverly, who suffered a season-ending tear to the ACL in her right knee in a semifinal win over Stony Brook. Diana Delva had 18 points for Hartford (27-4), which had won 20 games in a row, and went undefeated through the conference's regular season.

    Without the 6-foot Beverly in the lineup Vermont had its way underneath, building an 18-point halftime lead, during which they outrebounded Hartford 23-12. They ended the game with a 43-34 rebounding advantage.

    Lehigh 58, American 42

    Alex Ross scored 13 points and Lehigh earned its second straight trip to the NCAA tournament.

    What started as a choppy matchup between the Patriot League's two best defensive teams turned into a blowout after the Mountain Hawks (29-3) pulled away in the second half of the conference tournament final.

    Michelle Kirk had eight points and five rebounds for the Eagles (22-9), who cut a 15-point deficit to eight with 14 minutes left in the second after two foul shots by Liz Leer.

    Lehigh then had a 10-0 run highlighted by open 3s from Tricia Smith and Kristen Dalton to go up 44-26 with 12-plus minutes remaining.

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