Bingham Leads Cardinals' Victory

Candyce Bingham scored a career-high 26 points to lead No. 8 Louisville to a 75-51 win over No. 15 Pittsburgh on Saturday.

Angel McCoughtry also scored 26 and grabbed seven rebounds for the Cardinals (26-3, 13-2 Big East).

The victory helped Louisville clinch the No. 2 seed in the Big East Tournament next week. The Panthers (21-6, 11-4) also will have a bye to the quarterfinals as they will finish in the top four seeds. Keisha Hines scored 12 and had 10 rebounds for Louisville.

Shavonte Zellous scored 15 and had six rebounds for the Panthers, and Sophronia Sallard scored 13. Sallard made one field goal, scoring two points, in the second half after making all five of her field goals in the first half.

The Cardinals never trailed and put the game away with a 15-point run in the second half, after the Panthers got within three. Pittsburgh couldn't overcome its 25 turnovers.

Louisville built a 20-9 lead in the first half before Pittsburgh rallied to cut the deficit to 24-20 on a 3-pointer by Zellous. Louisville extended the lead to six at the half.

The Panthers closed to 39-36 and were down 47-42 before Louisville took over by scoring the next 15 points - including six by Bingham.

NO. 1 CONNECTICUT 81,

SETON HALL 50

HARTFORD, Conn. - Maya Moore scored 18 points and Tina Charles added 16 to help Connecticut (29-0, 15-0) rout Seton Hall (15-13, 3-12), clinching the Big East's regular-season title.

Moore added seven rebounds, four assists, four steals and two blocked shots. She even sang the national anthem, in a harmonizing duet with junior forward Kaili McLaren.

NO. 2 OKLAHOMA 73,

OKLAHOMA STATE 63

NORMAN, Okla. - Courtney Paris had 25 points and 16 rebounds for her 122nd career double-double as Oklahoma (25-3, 13-1) clinched a share of the Big 12 title with a win over Oklahoma State (15-12, 4-10).

NO. 6 BAYLOR 66,

NO. 16 TEXAS 57

AUSTIN, Texas - Jhasmin Player scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to help Baylor (23-4, 11-3 Big 12) snap a three-game losing streak to Texas (20-8, 8-6).

NO. 13 XAVIER 75,

FORDHAM 47

CINCINNATI - Ta'Shia Phillips had 22 points and 18 rebounds, leading Xavier (25-5, 13-1) to a victory over Fordham (8-21, 1-13) that clinched the Musketeers' second Atlantic 10 regular-season championship.

NO. 21 S. DAKOTA STATE 97,

CENTENARY 52

SHREVEPORT, La. - Jennifer Warkenthien scored 18 points to help South Dakota State (27-2, 16-1) clinch at least a share of its second straight Summit League championship with a win over Centenary (4-24, 2-15).

NO. 23 NOTRE DAME 65,

PROVIDENCE 56

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Ashley Barlow scored the first eight points of a 10-0 rally in the second half, leading Notre Dame (20-7, 9-6 Big East) to victory over Providence (10-18, 4-10).

NO. 24 ARIZONA STATE 76,

WASHINGTON STATE 35

TEMPE, Ariz. - Dymond Simon scored 17 points to lead Arizona State (22-6, 14-2 Pac-10) to its 14th straight win with a victory over Washington State (11-17, 4-13).

TAMPA 64, LYNN 44

BOCA RATON - Former Holy Names standout Gianna Messina scored 30 points and added 12 rebounds as Tampa (22-5, 12-4) clinched a share of the Sunshine State Conference regular season title with a victory against Lynn (16-11, 7-9).

The championship is the Spartans' third, and first since 2003.

SAINT LEO 75,

PALM BEACH ATLANTIC 68

SAINT LEO - Nichole Tyler scored 15 points, and Marquita Fenn added 14 as Saint Leo (11-16) defeated Palm Beach Atlantic (11-17) in its final regular-season game.