Tess Heal split two free throws with 1.3 seconds left and No. 12 seed Kansas State impressively rallied for the second straight day while recording a 74-73 victory over fourth-seeded Oklahoma State in the Big 12 women’s tournament quarterfinals Friday at Kansas City, Mo.
Jordan Speiser made five 3-pointers while scoring a career-best 21 points for the Wildcats (18-16), who became the lowest seed in tournament history to reach the semifinals, where they will meet top-seeded TCU on Saturday. Nastja Claessens added 15 points for Kansas State, which used a late 9-0 burst to set up the victory one day after scoring the game’s final 21 points in an upset victory over fifth-seeded Texas Tech.
Oklahoma State’s Haleigh Timmer buried a 3-pointer with 4.5 seconds to tie the score. Teammate Stailee Heard then fouled Heal in the backcourt, approximately 70 feet from the basket, and Heal sank the first before intentionally missing the second and preventing the Cowboys from getting off one last shot.
Heard recorded 18 points and eight rebounds and Jadyn Wooten had 16 points for Oklahoma State (23-9). Timmer had 13 points and Amari Whiting added 12 points and 10 rebounds.
No. 10 TCU 63, BYU 46
Marta Suarez had 17 points, eight rebounds and three steals and Taylor Bigby added 13 points to help the Horned Frogs register a wire-to-wire win over the ninth-seeded Cougars.
Olivia Miles contributed 10 points, 10 rebounds and six assists for TCU (28-4), which made 17 of 18 free-throw attempts. The Horned Frogs had nine blocked shots and eight steals and led by as many as 20 points.
Delaney Gibb recorded 17 points, seven rebounds and five assists but was just 6-of-22 shooting for BYU (22-11). The Cougars shot just 27% from the field and were 5 of 28 from 3-point range.
No. 15 West Virginia 67, Arizona State 54
Sydney Shaw scored 19 points, including five 3-pointers, and Gia Cooke added 16 points to lead the second-seeded Mountaineers past the 10th-seeded Sun Devils.
Jordan Harrison added 10 points, five assists and three steals for West Virginia (25-6), which won its fourth straight game and eighth in the past nine. The Mountaineers finished the game with a 15-4 run after Arizona State pulled within two.
Marley Washenitz had 14 points and Heloisa Carrera added 10 points for the Sun Devils (24-10), which lost for the third time in the past five games. Arizona State missed seven of its last eight shots.
Colorado 62, No. 20 Baylor 53
Desiree Wooten scored 21 points and Zyanna Walker added 19 to lead the sixth-seeded Buffaloes past the third-seeded Bears.
Colorado (22-10) led for more than 35 1/2 minutes and its lead topped out at 17 while posting a victory that should secure an at-large NCAA Tournament berth. The Buffaloes shot 44% from the field and limited Baylor to 30.6%.
Taliah Scott scored 14 points but was just 5-of-21 shooting for the Bears (24-8). Darianna Littlepage-Buggs added 10 points and 10 rebounds and Kyla Abraham also had 10 points for Baylor, which made just 3 of 21 from behind the arc.
–Field Level Media
Comments