No. 4 Gonzaga heads into 20th straight WCC final

LAS VEGAS — Nigel Williams-Goss had 25 points and eight rebounds, and No. 4 Gonzaga secured a spot in the West Coast Conference title game for the 20th straight season with a 77-68 victory over pesky Santa Clara on Monday night.

Przemek Karnowski added 19 points and seven boards for the Bulldogs (31-1), who dominated inside in winning their second straight since their loss to BYU.

Gonzaga will seek its fifth straight conference championship Tuesday night against the winner of the late game Monday between No. 19 Saint Mary’s and BYU.

Jared Brownridge scored 32 points for Santa Clara (17-16), which has lost 15 straight to Gonzaga.

Women

• No. 1 UConn 100, South Florida 44 — At Uncasville, Conn.: Katie Lou Samuelson had a record-breaking night, scoring 40 points and hitting all 10 of her 3-point shots to lead top-ranked UConn to a 100-44 rout in the American Athletic Conference Tournament final on Monday.

Samuelson set a Division I record for consecutive 3-pointers in a game and also set the tournament’s single-game scoring mark.

Napheesa Collier added 15 points as the Huskies won their 107th straight game and extended their conference winning streak to 82 games.

• West Virginia 77, No. 2 Baylor 66 — At Oklahoma City: Tynice Martin scored 32 points, and West Virginia won the Big 12 Tournament for the first time.

Martin, a sophomore guard, was named the tournament’s most outstanding player. The Mountaineers last won a conference tournament in 1989, when they were in the Atlantic 10.

Teana Muldrow added 15 points for West Virginia (23-10), which advanced to the final with Top 25 victories over Oklahoma and Texas.

• No. 17 DePaul 59, St. John’s 41 — At Milwaukee: Jessica January hit three 3pointers and finished with 20 points, leading DePaul to the win in the Big East semifinals.

January was the only player to score in double figures for DePaul (26-6). She missed 15 games with a broken finger before returning on Feb. 24.

The top-seeded Blue Demons will face No. 3 seed Marquette in the final on Tuesday.