Oklahoma 94, Colorado 60

BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Chalk up another major accomplishment for Oklahoma coach Sherri Coale: a trip to the Final Four.

LaNeishea Caufield scored 25 points and Stacey Dales had 20 as top-seeded Oklahoma rolled past No. 3 Colorado 94-60 on Monday night in the West Regional final, sending the Sooners to San Antonio.

Caufield shot 5-for-5 in the second half and scored 14 points during a 32-6 second-half run that guaranteed Oklahoma (31-3) of becoming the first Big 12 team ever to reach the Final Four.

Oklahoma will play Duke in Friday’s national semifinals.

Connecticut 85, Old Dominion 64

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) – Sue Bird and the unbeaten Connecticut Huskies bounced the party crashers right out of the NCAA Tournament.

Bird scored a career-high 26 points and dished out 11 assists as UConn advanced to its third straight Final Four and fifth in eight years by beating Old Dominion 85-64 on Monday night.

The Lady Monarchs (28-6), miffed at their No. 7 seeding, had used the perceived slight to fuel upsets of second-seeded Purdue and third-seeded Kansas State.

The Huskies (37-0) made their first 13 shots and sank their first five free throws in racing to a 34-14 lead less than 10 minutes into the game.

They’ll play the Tennessee in San Antonio next weekend.

Duke 77, South Carolina 68

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Alana Beard scored 24 points and Monique Currie added 15 as Duke beat South Carolina 77-68 Monday in the East Regional championship to earn its second trip to the Final Four.

The top-seeded Blue Devils (31-3), who have won a school-record 22 straight games, advance to San Antonio to play Oklahoma.

The Blue Devils had an answer for nearly every run by the third seeded Gamecocks, rallying from a one-point deficit midway through the second half with several clutch shots and tough defense.

The Gamecocks rallied from a 13-point halftime deficit to take a 46-45 lead on a layup by Jocelyn Penn with 9:54 to play.

The Blue Devils answered quickly, as Beard scored on a three-point play and added two free throws to put Duke up 50-46 with 9:03 left. She later added two free throws and South Carolina didn’t get closer than five the rest of the way.