FRIDAY’S OTHER TOURNAMENT WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL GAMES

PORTLAND REGION SEMIFINAL

No. 1 Mississippi St. 76, No. 5 Arizona St. 53

PORTLAND, ORE.

Teaira McCowan had 22 points and 13 rebounds, and top-seeded Mississippi State earned a spot in the Elite Eight for the third straight season. Jazzmun Holmes had 13 points and seven assists, and Andra Espinoza-Hunter added 12 points for Mississippi State, which led by as many as 24 points. Kianna Ibis had 16 points for the Sun Devils (22-11). It was the 11th straight victory for the Bulldogs, who defeated Arkansas for the SEC Tournament title and won the regular-season conference title with a 15-1 record.

ALBANY REGION SEMIFINAL

No. 1 Louisville 61, No. 4 Oregon State 44

ALBANY, N.Y.

Sam Fuehring and Asia Durr each had 17 points and top-seeded Louisville clamped down on defense again, beating No. 4 Oregon State to reach the Elite Eight. Louisville (32-3) will meet UConn (34-2) on Sunday for a berth in the Final Four. Fuehring, who was 13 of 14 for 29 points in the first two games of the tournament, finished 7 of 12. Mikayla Pivec, who entered the game averaging 19.5 points in the tournament for Oregon State, finished with 17 points, the only player in double figures for the Beavers, who matched their season low in points.

No. 2 UConn 69, No. 6 UCLA 61

ALBANY, N.Y.

Napheesa Collier had 25 points and 10 rebounds to help No. 2 UConn rally to beat sixth-seeded UCLA. Trailing 50-49 entering the fourth quarter, the Huskies scored the first six points of the period to start a 15-4 run. Crystal Dangerfield, who had a quiet night until the fourth quarter, had nine points during the game-changing burst. She finished with 15 points.

Associated Press