San Jose State’s women fall to Wyoming to end season

LAS VEGAS — Secondseeded Wyoming quickly put an end to San Jose State's hopes of an upset Monday and then cruised to a 72-57 victory in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament.

The 10th-seeded Spartans, who came in riding a three-game winning streak that included a first-round victory over Air Force, finish the season 6-25.

Wyoming (21-9) jumped to a 7-0 lead and never trailed.

San Jose State was led by Jada Holland with 17 points.

In an earlier quarterfinal game, Justice Ethridge and Essence Booker scored 16 points apiece as No. 21 UNLV rolled to its 20th straight victory by routing Nevada 84-47.

NO. 7 CONNECTICUT 67 NO. 10 VILLANOVA 56

Aaliyah Edwards had 19 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Huskies to theirs 10th consecutive conference tournament title with a 6 victory over the Wildcats in the Big East Tournament title game at Uncasville, Conn.

Dorka Juhasz added 16 points and Lou Lopez Senechal scored 14 for topseeded Connecticut (29-5), which earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. UConn has now won 21 Big East Tournament crowns, including the last three since re-entering the conference in 2020.

NO. 16 GONZAGA 79, BYU 64

Yvonne Ejim had 21 points, 11 rebounds and five assists for her ninth career double-double, Brynna Maxwell made four 3-pointers and scored 18 as the Bulldogs beat the Cougars to advance to the championship game of the West Coast Conference tournament at Las Vegas.

Gonzaga (28-3) will play Portland in Tuesday's championship game.

MEN LOUISIANA 71 SOUTH ALABAMA 66

Themus Fulks scored a career-high 23 points, Jordan Brown had 13 points and 16 rebounds, and the Ragin Cajuns claimed the Sun Belt Conference tournament championship at Pensacola, Fla.

The fifth NCAA berth for Louisiana (26-7) will be its first since 2014.

FURMAN 88 CHATTANOOGA 79

Jalen Slawson scored 20 points as the Paladins won the Southern Conference tournament at Asheville, N.C., and made the NCAA field for the first time since 1980.