Raegan Beers had 20 points and 11 returns and No. 10 Oklahoma defeated No. 12 Kentucky 69-65 in the Sec-Tournament Quarter Friday afternoon in Greenville, SC
Payton Verhulst got 16 and Sahara Williams had 13 for the fifth seeded Sooners (25-6), which has won nine straight matches that entered their Saturday’s semi-final game against No. 5 and top seeds South Carolina, who defeated Vanderbilt earlier Friday.
Georgia Amoore scored 29 points, Clara Strack added 12 points and 16 returns and Dazia Lawrence made 11 to lead the fourth seeded wildcats (22-7), which lost for the fifth time in its eight recent matches.
The management changed hand four times during the fourth quarter before Oklahoma took the control along the stretch by keeping Kentucky speechless for more than three minutes.
No. 5 South Carolina 84, Vanderbilt 63
Chloe Kitts had 25 points and 10 returns and the top -seeded GameCocks pulled away from Commodores in the first quarter finals on Friday afternoon.
Milaysia Fulwiley got 15, Sania Feagin had 13 points and nine returns and Joyce Edwards got 12 for South Carolina.
Mikayla Blakes counted 20 points, Khamil Pierre had 17 points and 10 returns and Iyana Moore made 16 to lead the eighth seeded commodores (22-10).
South Carolina, who had lost twice in the last seven games in the regular season, rolled to a lead of 48-23 half time. Vanderbilt closed within 68-63 at Blake’s 3-pointer with 4:22 left in the match, but Gamecocks scored the last 16 points.
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