No. 2 Stanford crushes UCLA to win Pac-10 title

March 15, 2010 at 4:05AM

No. 2 Stanford crushes UCLA to win Pac-10 title • No. 2 STANFORD 70, No. 23 UCLA 46: Nnemkadi Ogwumike had 16 points and 10 rebounds, Jayne Appel added 15 points and the Cardinal (31-1) rolled to the victory over the Bruins (24-8), winning its eighth Pac-10 tournament championship in nine title-game appearances. Stanford earned the league's automatic berth to the NCAA tournament. Stanford became the first Pac-10 team to go undefeated in 18 regular-season games and win the league tourney title.

No. 11 TEXAS A&M 74, No. 12 OKLAHOMA 67: Tyra White carried the Aggies (25-7) in the first half and Danielle Adams scored 17 of her 19 points in the second, helping Texas A&M hold off the Sooners (23-10) for its second Big 12 tournament title in three years. The Aggies have a good shot for at least a No. 2 seed when the NCAA brackets are announced Monday.

• NORTHERN IOWA 54, CREIGHTON 53: Lizzie Boeck hit two free throws with 7.1 seconds left, giving the Panthers (17-15) the win over the Bluejays (20-10) in the championship game of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament. Fifth-seeded Northern Iowa advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history.

• JAMES MADISON 67, OLD DOMINION 53: Dawn Evans scored 25 points and the Dukes (26-6) beat the Lady Monarchs (18-13) to win the Colonial Athletic Association tournament championship. James Madison won the league's automatic NCAA tournament bid for the first time since 1989, and ended a streak of seven losing trips to the title game since then. Old Dominion, which had its NCAA-record streak of 17 consecutive tournament titles end last season with a loss to Drexel in the semifinals, trailed most of the game.

• CLEVELAND STATE 66, BUTLER 57: Kailey Klein scored 23 points and the Vikings (19-13) beat the Bulldogs (23-9) to win the Horizon League tournament championship and earn its second NCAA tournament berth in the last three years.

• LIBERTY 68, GARDNER-WEBB 66: Devon Brown banked in a runner with four seconds left to snap a tie and the Flames (27-5) recovered after blowing a 20-point lead to beat the top-seeded Lady Bulldogs (28-4) for their 13th Big South Conference title in 14 years.

• ST. FRANCIS 77, LONG ISLAND 68: Britney Hodges scored 23 points and Samantha Leach added 20 to help the Red Flash (17-14) beat the Blackbirds (22-10) in the Northeast Conference championship game. St. Francis won the league's automatic NCAA tournament bid for the first time since 2005.

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