Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis had the third triple-double in UConn history as the Huskies moved into their 21st straight NCAA regional semifinal with a 91-52 rout of Saint Joseph’s on Tuesday night in Storrs.
Mosqueda-Lewis had 20 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists, to lead five players in double figures for the top-ranked Huskies (36-0), who won their 42d straight game.
Breanna Stewart added 21 points and 11 rebounds, and Bria Hartley also chipped in 20 points for the defending national champions, who are trying to win a record ninth NCAA Tournament.
Erin Shields and Sarah Fairbanks each had 12 points to lead Saint Joseph’s, which finished the year at 23-10. Natasha Cloud had 10 points and six assists for the Hawks.
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UConn will face 12th-seeded BYU in Lincoln, Neb., on Saturday. The Cougars upset Nebraska in the second round, sparing the Huskies a date with the Cornhuskers on their home court.
Mosqueda-Lewis connected on eight of her 14 shots, and was 3 of 5 from 3-point range.
Texas A&M 85, James Madison 69 — Courtney Williams scored 23 points and Karla Gilbert added 20 points with 15 rebounds to help the Aggies defeat the Dukes at College Station, Texas.
The victory sends the third-seeded Aggies to the round of 16 for the sixth time and their first since 2012.
Maryland 69, Texas 64 — Alyssa Thomas scored all 16 of her points in the second half, and the Terrapins squeezed past the cold-shooting Longhorns in College Park, Md., to reach the Sweet 16 for the third consecutive year.
The fourth-seeded Terrapins (26-6) next face Tennessee, the No. 1 seed in the Louisville Regional.
South Carolina 78, Oregon State 69 — Aleighsa Welch had 21 points and 11 rebounds, Tiffany Mitchell added 20 points and 10 boards, and the top-seeded Gamecocks (29-4) used their size and athleticism to overwhelm the No. 9 seeded Beavers (24-11) in Seattle.
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A year after getting upset by a 12 seed in the second-round of the tournament, the Gamecocks are headed to the Sweet 16 for the second time in three years under coach Dawn Staley.
North Carolina 62, Michigan State 53 — Freshman Diamond DeShields had 24 points and a season-high 12 rebounds to help the Tar Heels beat the Spartans in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Fellow rookie Allisha Gray added 10 points for the fourth-seeded Tar Heels (26-9), who led by 9 at halftime then dominated the opening minutes of the second half to turn the game into a rout.
Penn State 83, Florida 61 — Maggie Lucas and Dara Taylor each scored 22 points to send the Lady Lions over the Gators in State College, Pa., and into the Sweet 16 for the 13th time.
Lucas, the two-time Big Ten player of the year, surpassed the 2,500 career-point milestone and led the Lady Lions to the NCAA Tournament regional semifinal for the second time in three seasons.
Louisville 83, Iowa 53 — Shoni Schimmel had 26 points, 7 assists, and 5 steals to help the Cardinals (32-4) thump the host Hawkeyes to earn their fifth trip to the Sweet Sixteen under coach Jeff Walz.
Freshman Ally Disterhoft had 15 points for Iowa (27-9), which finished just 1 of 16 from 3-point range.
LSU 76, West Virginia 67 — Danielle Ballard had 22 points and 15 rebounds, and the seventh-seeded Tigers overcame a late 7-point deficit, as well as foul trouble, to upset No. 2 seed Mountaineers (30-5) in Baton Rouge, La.
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Men’s NIT
Clemson 73, Belmont 68 — Damarcus Harrison scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half and the Tigers (23-12) used a late 12-2 run to beat the Bruins (26-10) in Clemson, S.C., and reach the semifinals at Madison Square Garden.
Minnesota 81, Southern Miss 73 — Austin Hollins scored a career-high 32 points to lead the Golden Gophers (23-13) over the Golden Eagles (29-7) in Minneapolis for a spot in the semifinals.