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Sepulveda Lifts USF To Victory

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The Associated Press

The Tampa Tribune

Published: March 7, 2009

HARTFORD, Conn. - Jazmine Sepulveda hit a career-high eight 3-point shots and scored 24 points as the University of South Florida beat Cincinnati 68-58 Saturday in the second round of the Big East tournament.

Shantia Grace added 13 points and 10 assists for the eighth-seeded Bulls (22-9), who will play top-ranked and undefeated Connecticut in today's quarterfinals.

Jill Stephens led Cincinnati, the 16th seed, with 15 points. The Bearcats finished 14-17.

USF led by a point at halftime and came out after intermission on a 10-2 run to improve its record when leading at the half to 17-1.

The win was the fourth in a row for the Bulls and their sixth in their past eight games. The 22 wins are the most in any season in the program's history and could have secured a berth for the Bulls in the NCAA tourney.

"We are sitting at 22 wins for the year, 22-9, 8-8 in the league, 5-5 against the top-50 in the country and we have some good nonconference wins." Bulls coach Jose Fernandez said. "I thought this was a must win for us to get a NCAA at-large bid and get another team into the NCAA Tournament from the Big East."

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