NCAA Sweet 16

Top seeds Louisville, Mississippi State also move on to Elite Eight

FRIDAY’S SCORES East Regional

(1) Villanova 90, (5) West Virginia 78 (3) Texas Tech 78, (2) Purdue 65, Midwest Regional (1) Kansas 80,

(5) Clemson 76 (2) Duke 69, (11) Syracuse 65

NCAA Elite 8

SATURDAY’S GAMES South Regional

(11) Loyola Chicago vs. (9) Kansas State, 4 p.m., TBS West Regional

(9) Florida State vs.

(3) Michigan, 6:49 p.m., TBS Coverage

LEXINGTON, KY.» Marie Gulich had 26 points, Kat Tudor added 16 and sixth-seeded Oregon State shot 58 percent in the second half to upset No. 2 seed Baylor 72-67 on Friday night in the women’s NCAA Tournament Lexington Region semifinal.

Two years after upsetting Baylor in the Elite Eight, Oregon State (26-7) followed up with a steady performance that ended the Lady Bears’ 30-game winning streak. The Beavers had to withstand nine consecutive points by Alexis Morris that got the Lady Bears (33-2) to 69-67 with 42 seconds remaining before Katie McWilliams’ left-corner 3-pointer provided a five-point edge.

Morris missed two 3s and Natalie Chou another in the final 10 seconds for Baylor, which shot just 39 percent.

Gulich made 10-of-17 from the field and had nine rebounds for OSU, which won for the 10th time in 11 contests.

Tudor was 5-of-10 shooting and 4-of-8 from long range as the Beavers made 9-of-20 from behind the arc.

Kalani Brown had 19 points and 10 rebounds for Baylor, which was outscored in all but the second quarter in losing for the first time since falling 68-62 at UCLA in November.

Louisville 86, Stanford 59.

Asia Durr had 24 points, Myisha Hines-Allen added 17 to surpass 2,000 career points as the top-seeded Cardinals rolled.

Arica Carter had 13 points and Jazmine Jones added 10 for the Cardinals (35-2), who trailed for just 53 seconds to win their 10th consecutive game and advance to their first regional final since 2014.

Brittany McPhee had 15 points and Dijonai Carrington had 14 for Stanford.

Mississippi State 71, N.C. State 57.

CITY, MO.» North Carolina State tried to push Teaira McCowan off the block, then tried double-teaming the Mississippi State star, before ultimately trying to deny her the ball altogether. None of it worked.

McCowan still scored 24 points on perfect shooting 11-for-11 shooting, pulled down 15 rebounds and generally made life miserable for the Wolfpack, and helped the top-seeded Bulldogs breeze.

Victoria Vivians added 14 points, Morgan William had 13 and Roshunda Johnson finished with 12, helping the Bulldogs (35-1) break their school record for wins in a season.

Kiara Leslie had 27 points to pace the No. 4 seed Wolfpack (26-9).

UCLA 74, Texas 75.

KANSAS CITY, MO.» Jordin Canada scored 22 points, putting second-seeded UCLA on her back in the fourth quarter, and the Bruins beat Texas to avenge a Sweet 16 loss to the Longhorns two years ago.

Monique Billings added 17 points and Kennedy Burke had 15 for the Bruins (27-7). They finally made it to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament after falling a game short the past two seasons.

They’ll face top-seeded Mississippi State on Sunday night for their first Final Four trip.

Ariel Atkins had 20 points and Jatarie White had 17 for the No. 3 seed Longhorns (28-7).