Wiggins’ 34 Points Lift Stanford

At this rate, Candice Wiggins will rewrite the record book at Stanford. She might bring a title or two back to The Farm, as well.

The sophomore finished with 34 points and seven rebounds Monday night to lift the Cardinal into the third round of the NCAA tournament with an 88-70 victory over Florida State at Denver.

Wiggins, the two-time Pacific 10 Conference player of the year, put Stanford (25-7), seeded third in the San Antonio Regional, ahead by double digits with a 17-foot jumper to open the second half and three three-point baskets over the next 10 minutes.

After sixth-seeded Florida State (20-10) cut the deficit below 10, Wiggins passed to Krista Rappahahn for a three-pointer, then the sophomore made her own three-pointer and added two free throws to push it to 78-62 with 3:30 left.

Oklahoma 86, Brigham Young 70 -- Courtney Paris had 30 points and 15 rebounds to lift the second-seeded Sooners (31-4) over the seventh-seeded Cougars (26-6) at Denver.

Oklahoma won its 19th straight game and Paris, a 6-foot-4 freshman, had already recorded her 27th straight double-double by halftime.

Louisiana State 72, Washington 49 -- Seimone Augustus scored 26 points and the top-seeded Tigers (29-3) broke open a tight game with a big second-half run to defeat the Huskies (19-11) at Nashville.

LSU, which has reached the Final Four last two years, advanced to its fourth straight regional semifinal.

DePaul 71, Tulsa 67 -- Khara Smith tipped a pass to herself, hit a go-ahead basket and converted a three-point play with 53.8 seconds left as the Blue Demons (27-6) scored the final 10 points to beat the 12th-seeded Golden Hurricane (26-6) at Rosemont, Ill.

ALBUQUERQUE REGIONAL

Utah 86, Arizona State 65 -- The fifth-seeded Utes (26-6) erased another 15-point deficit, this time in the first half, and went on to rout the fourth-seeded Sun Devils (25-7) at Tucson.

Kim Smith had 25 points and nine rebounds for Utah, which rallied from 15 down in the second half to beat Middle Tennessee in the first round.

Baylor 87, New Mexico 67 -- Sophia Young scored 21 points and the third-seeded Bears (26-6) defeated the Lobos (22-10) at Tucson.

With New Mexico leading 27-20, Baylor reeled off 19 of the next 23 points to take a 39-31 lead with 2:04 to play in the first half and took control from there.

CLEVELAND REGIONAL

North Carolina 89, Vanderbilt 70 -- Ivory Latta scored 27 points, and the top-ranked and top-seeded Tar Heels (31-1) tuned out the pro-Vanderbilt crowd to defeat the Commodores (21-11) at Nashville.

Erlana Larkins had 22 points and Alex Miller had 16 for North Carolina.

BRIDGEPORT REGIONAL

Michigan State 67, Kentucky 63 -- The Spartans (24-9) withstood a late-game scoring drought by holding the Wildcats (22-9) scoreless for more than five minutes at Rosemont, Ill. Aisha Jefferson led Michigan State with 16 points.