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Cardinal rule Pac-10 tourney

Associated Press The Spokesman-Review

Candice Wiggins is healthy and headed back to the NCAA tournament.

Wiggins scored 20 points and No. 6 Stanford (28-4) staved off a late rally to beat eighth-ranked Arizona State (28-4) 62-55 in the championship game of the Pac-10 tournament Monday night in San Jose, Calif., giving the Cardinal an automatic NCAA bid.

Emily Westerberg (CV) scored 12 points and Briann January (LC) added 11 for the Sun Devils.

(2) Connecticut 76, (23) Louisville 50: At Hartford, Conn., Kalana Greene scored 20 points and the Huskies (29-2) beat the Cardinals (26-7) to advance to the Big East tournament final.

(12) Purdue 64, (5) Ohio St. 52: At Indianapolis, Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton had 21 points and 13 rebounds, and the Boilermakers (28-5) upset the Buckeyes (28-3) to win the Big Ten tournament championship.

(17) Middle Tennessee 76, Denver 50: At Lafayette, La., Chrissy Givens scored 28 points to lead the Blue Raiders (28-3) to a victory over the Pioneers (20-11) in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference tournament.

(19) Rutgers 63, (21) Marquette 55: At Hartford, Conn., Matee Ajavon scored 20 points, Kia Vaughn had 22 points and 11 rebounds, and the Scarlet Knights (21-8) beat the Golden Eagles (25-6) to advance to the Big East conference finals.

Xavier 65, Saint Joseph’s 59: At Cincinnati, the Musketeers (26-7) defeated the Hawks (19-13) to win their first A10 tournament championship in six years and receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Men

Va. Commonwealth 65, George Mason 59: At Richmond, Va., Eric Maynor scored nine straight points to erase a five-point deficit in the final 2 minutes and the Rams stunned the Patriots to win the Colonial Athletic Association tournament championship and advance to the NCAA tournament.

Niagara 83, Siena 79: At Bridgeport, Conn., Tyrone Lewis scored a career-high 24 points to lead the Purple Eagles (22-11) to a victory over the Saints (20-12) in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament championship game and punch their ticket to the NCAA tournament.