WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
Washington State 65, No 19. UCLA 61:
Charlisse Leger-Walker scored 23 points and Bella Murekatete added 21 to help Washington State earn a trip to the NCAA Tournament by beating No. 19 UCLA 65-61 in the Pac-12 Championship on Sunday. It was the first-ever tournament championship for the Washington State women’s basketball program.
Up by three with just nine seconds left, Washington State Astera Tuhina got a piece of UCLA guard Charisma Osborne’s 3-point attempt to tie the game.
No. 8 Virginia Tech 75, Louisville 67: Georgia Amoore scored 25 points to help No. 8 Virginia Tech beat Louisville 75-67 on Sunday to win its first Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament title.
Two-time league player of the year Elizabeth Kitley added 20 points for the Hokies (27-4), who continued their lateseason tear with an 11th straight win.
No. 1 South Carolina 74, Tennessee 58: Zia Cooke scored 24 points and Aliyah Boston added 18 as South Carolina pulled away in the final two quarters to beat Tennessee for the SEC championship in Greenville, S.C.
The Gamecocks (32-0) won their seventh league tournament in the past nine seasons and head to the NCAA Tournament as clear-cut favorites for a second straight national crown.
No. 7 Iowa 105, No. 14 Ohio State 72: Caitlin Clark had 30 points, 17 assists and 10 rebounds in her 10th career triple-double for the Iowa Hawkeyes, who built a 37-point halftime lead and beat Ohio State 105-72 on Sunday to win the Big Ten Tournament for the second straight year.
No. 9 UConn 81, Marquette 52: Aaliyah Edwards and Dorka Juhasz each put up double-doubles for the second consecutive game, Nika Muhl added another and UConn advanced to its 19th straight conference tournament final with a win over fifth-seeded Marquette in the Big East Tournament.
No. 11 Villanova 63, Creighton 61: Maddy Siegrist scored 37 points and grabbed 11 rebounds – her 16th doubledouble this season – to help Villanova beat Creighton in the semifinals of the Big East Tournament.
Chattanooga 63, Wofford 53: Raven Thompson scored 19 points, Yaz Wazeerud-Din added 16 points, and second-seeded Chattanooga defeated No. 1 seed Wofford in Asheville, N.C., to win the Southern Conference Tournament for the 19th time. The Mocs will be making their 16th appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
91, UMass Julia Martinez had a triple-double, Kyla McMakin scored 25 points and Saint Louis earned its first NCAA Tournament berth with a win over defending champion Massachusetts in the Atlantic 10 title game in Wilmington, Del.