NaLyssa, the Big 12 Player of the Year, scored 15 points. Baylor defeated Oklahoma State in the second quarter. The No. The 4 Bears won the remainder of the game to win 76-36 in the quarterfinals.
Ja’Mee Asberry scored 16 for the Bears, who were ranked 26-6 and appear determined to continue their dominance in the Big 12 under Nicki Collen as first-year coach. They advanced easily to play No. 21 Oklahoma, who defeated Kansas earlier in the day.
The Cowgirls (9-20), their last game under Jim Littell, failed their 13 field-goal attempts and fell behind 41-14 at halftime. They never made another run. They ended up scoring 22.8%.
Lauren Fields, Oklahoma State’s top scorer, was 0 for 11 from the field, finishing without a point. Kassidy de Lapp, however, finished with a record nine points.
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KANSAS CITY (Mo.) (AP) – Iowa State beat West Virginia in quarterfinals at the Big 12 Tournament. Lexi Donarski and Emily Ryan each scored 14 points.
The Mountaineers were down by as much as 21 points in the third quarter. But they managed to pull within four seconds of the end after Esmery Martinez made a long 3-pointer. To stop West Virginia’s comeback, Donarski made three free shots in the final minute.
26-5) The Cyclones shot 32% and went 11-13 from the free throw line. Iowa State was one of the top 3-point shooting teams in America, with 11 3s. Ashley Joens scored 13 points and grabbed 14 rebounds. However, she was only 4 of 16 from the line.
West Virginia (14-15), shot 25 of the 68 (37%), was outrebounded 52 to 39 and made just three of 20 3-point attempts. Martinez scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Ja’Naiya Quinerly had 15, Savannah Samuel had 10.
NO. 21 OKLAHOMA 80 KANSAS 68
KANSAS CITY (Mo. (AP) — Madi Wilkins scored 19 points, 11 rebounds, and seven assists. Taylor Robertson scored 19 points for Oklahoma, which beat Kansas in the Big 12 Conference Tournament semifinals.
Fourth-seeded Oklahoma (24-7), who reclaimed a 73–67 home loss against the Jayhawks in the regular season finale, was crowned the winner of the conference tournament.
For fourth-seeded Oklahoma (24-7), Liz Scott scored 11 points and grabbed eight rebounds. This was the Sooners first win in a conference tourney since 2016.
Kansas (20-9) Zakiyah Franklin scored 15 and had five assists. Ioanna Chatzileonti scored 11 points, Aniya Thomas had 13 points. Taiyanna Jackson finished Kansas’ single-season blocks record with eight points and 11 rebounds, as well as six blocks.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Abby Meyers scored 22 and Ellie Mitchell had 16 rebounds and 11 points for her sixth double-double. Princeton defeated Harvard in the semifinals of the Ivy League in the final game for Kathy Delaney Smith, the legendary coach.
Delaney Smith, the Ivy League’s winningest coach for women’s and men’s programs, will be retiring from Harvard with 11 conference titles and six trips to NCAAs. This includes the 1998 tournament that saw the largest upset in Ivy League history, when No. 16 Harvard defeated top-seeded Stanford.
Princeton (23-4), advances to Saturday’s championship game in the Ivy League tournament. Kaitlyn Chen was victorious with 18 points, while Julia Cunningham scored 12.
McKenzie Forbes scored 21 for Harvard’s fourth-seeded Harvard (11-34) Harmoni Turner scored 19 points, while Lola Mullaney got 15.
