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FSU Dominated By Blue Devils

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The Associated Press

Published: March 8, 2009

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Jasmine Thomas scored 14 points to help No. 8 Duke beat No. 12 Florida State 75-57 in the semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament on Saturday.

Carrem Gay added 13 points for the third-seeded Blue Devils (26-4), who easily avenged a regular-season loss and reached today's championship game for the second straight year. They will face No. 4 Maryland, the top seed, as they look for their first title since a run of five straight from 2000-04.

Tanae Davis-Cain had 14 points for the second-seeded Seminoles (25-7), who have lost 28 of the past 31 meetings in the series. Florida State had earned a share of the ACC's regular-season title for the first time, but fell behind by double figures midway through the first half and never recovered.

NO. 2 STANFORD 77,

NO. 18 ARIZONA ST. 68

STANFORD, Calif. - Jayne Appel scored a season-high 29 points, Jeanette Pohlen added 15 and Stanford (26-4, 17-1) avoided sharing its ninth straight Pac-10 Conference title with Arizona State (23-7, 15-3).

NO. 4 MARYLAND 95,

NO. 11 NORTH CAROLINA 84

Marissa Coleman scored 29 points and Maryland (27-4) ended North Carolina's dominance of the ACC Tournament, beating the Tar Heels (26-6) in the semifinals.

NO. 5 BAYLOR 64,

NO. 10 TEXAS A&M 60

WACO, Texas - Jessica Morrow scored 23 points, including the final 12 of the game, for Baylor (25-4, 12-4 Big 12) in a victory over Texas A&M (23-6, 11-5).

NO. 6 AUBURN 78,

NO. 19 TENNESSEE 58

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - DeWanna Bonner scored 26 points, and Auburn (29-2) went on a 21-4 run at the start of the second half to rout Tennessee (22-10) in the semifinals of the Southeastern Conference Tournament.

NO. 9 CALIFORNIA 51,

ARIZONA 48

BERKELEY, Calif. - Devanei Hampton scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to help California (24-5, 14-4 Pac-10) beat Arizona (11-18, 4-14) and snap its two-game losing streak.

NO. 12 OHIO STATE 72,

IOWA 56

INDIANAPOLIS - Jantel Lavender had 21 points and 17 rebounds to help Ohio State (26-5) beat Iowa (21-10) in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals.

DAYTON 63,

NO. 16 XAVIER 60

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Justine Raterman scored 17 points and hit the go-ahead 3-pointer in overtime to help Dayton (20-12) stun Xavier (25-6) in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Tournament.

NO. 17 S. DAKOTA ST. 77,

ORAL ROBERTS 49

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Maria Boever had 21 points and South Dakota State (29-2) routed Oral Roberts (13-17) in the first round of the Summit League Tournament.

NO. 20 NOTRE DAME 62,

ST. JOHN'S 45

HARTFORD, Conn. - Lindsay Schrader had 16 points and Natalie Novosel added 15 as Notre Dame (23-8) defeated St. John's (17-14) in the second round of the Big East Tournament.

NO. 23 IOWA ST. 59,

KANSAS 49

AMES, Iowa - Nicky Wieben had 20 points and nine rebounds as Iowa State (23-7, 11-5 Big 12) closed out the regular season with a win over Kansas (18-11, 7-9).

TAMPA 57, ECKERD 54

FORT LAUDERDALE - Tiara Cook scored 20 points as Tampa (24-5) rallied past Eckerd (17-12) to advance into the final of the Sunshine State Conference Tournament.

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