SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL

LSU runs past Huskies

LSU was at its best for less than 15 minutes Monday night – and that was enough to blowout Washington.

Seimone Augustus scored 26 points and top-seeded LSU broke open a tight game with a big second-half run, beating Washington 72-49 in the second round of the women’s NCAA tournament in Nashville, Tenn.

The Lady Tigers (29-3) advanced to their fourth straight regional semifinal and 10th overall, but that’s not the goal this season for a program that reached the Final Four each of the past two years only to come up short of the national championship game.

Ninth-seeded Washington (19-11) tried to pull off a second straight upset to reach a regional semifinal for the fourth time in school history and first since 2001.

AT Rosemont, Ill. (4) DePaul (27-6) 71

(12) Tulsa (26-6) 67

Khara Smith tipped a pass to herself, hit a go-ahead basket and converted a three-point play with 53.8 seconds remaining as the Blue Demons made their first Sweet 16 by beating the Golden Hurricane.

DePaul will take on LSU on Saturday in San Antonio.

AT DENVER(2) Oklahoma (31-4) 86

(7) BYU (26-8) 70

Courtney Paris had 30 points and 15 rebounds to lift Oklahoma over Brigham Young in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

The Sooners won their 19th straight and Paris, the 6-foot-4 freshman, had already recorded her 27th straight double-double at halftime.

(3) Stanford (25-7) 88

(6) Florida State (26-6) 70

Candice Wiggins finished with 34 points and seven rebounds to lift the Cardinal into the third round with a win over the Seminoles.

Wiggins put Stanford up by double digits with a 17-foot jumper to open the second half and three 3-pointers over the next 10 minutes.

Stanford will take on Oklahoma in San Antonio on Saturday for a berth in the Elite Eight.

CLEVELAND REGIONAL

At Nashville, Tenn.(1) North Carolina (31-1) 89

(8) Vanderbilt (21-1) 70

Ivory Latta finished with 27 points, and the top-ranked and top-seeded Tar Heels tuned out the pro Vandy crowd in a victory in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

The Tar Heels will play either Purdue or UCLA, who play tonight, Sunday in Cleveland.

ALBUQUERQUE REGIONAL

AT TUCSON, ARIZ. (5) Utah (26-6) 86

(4) Arizona State (25-7) 65

Kim Smith, four-time Mountain West Conference player of the year, had 25 points and nine rebounds as the Utes rallied from a 15-point, first-half deficit to rout the Sun Devils.

Utah will take on the winner of today’s Ohio St./Boston College game Saturday.

Amy Denson scored 14 for ASU. Emily Westerberg and Reagan Pariseau, both Central Valley, had 12 and 9, respectively; Aubrey Johnson (Post Falls), five and Briann January (Lewis and Clark), four.

(3) Baylor (26-6) 87

(11) New Mexico (22-10) 67

Sophia Young scored 21 points as the Lady Bears beat the Lobos in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Baylor will play the winner of today’s second-round game between second-seeded Maryland and No. 7 seed St. John’s in University Park, Pa.

Sophomore forward Dionne Marsh led the Lobos with 25 points, and Riverside grad Angela Hartill had two points and four rebounds.

BRIDGEPORT REGIONAL

AT ROSEMONT, ILL. (4) Michigan St. (24-9) 67

(5) Kentucky (22-9) 63

The Spartans withstood a late-game scoring drought by holding Kentucky scoreless for more than five minutes in a second-round NCAA tournament win.

Michigan State, last season’s national runner-up, plays the winner of today’s Duke-Southern California game in the Sweet 16 Sunday.