NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT : WOMEN’S ROUNDUP : Mississippi Upsets No. 5 UNLV, 66-62

Upsets in the NCAA basketball tournament Saturday weren’t limited to the men’s division. There were some in the women’s field, too. And none was more of a surprise than Mississippi’s 66-62 victory over fifth-ranked Nevada Las Vegas at Las Vegas.

Jackie Martin and Kimsey O’Neal each scored 17 points to lead the No. 24 Lady Rebels (22-9) in the second round of the West Regional. Mississippi will play Stanford in the regional semifinals Thursday night at Stanford.

Martin made six of eight shots, including three of four from three-point range. Pauline Jordan led UNLV (28-3), which led at halftime, 35-34, with 14 points and nine rebounds.

No. 2 Stanford 106, No. 16 Hawaii 76--Trisha Stevens equaled her career high with 35 points as the Cardinal routed the Rainbows at Stanford in another West Regional second-round game.

Stevens made a basket to open the second half and put Stanford ahead, 52-39. The Cardinal (28-1) scored 26 of the next 31 points over a 10-minute span and led, 78-44.

Judy Mosley led Hawaii (26-4) with 28 points.

No. 1 Louisiana Tech 89, No. 20 Southern Mississippi 70--Venus Lacy scored 32 points to lead the unbeaten Lady Techsters in the second round of the Midwest Regional at Ruston, La.

Lacy made 13 of 20 shots, blocked five shots and had two steals to help give the Lady Techsters (30-0) their fourth consecutive season with at least 30 victories.

Southern Mississippi (27-5) finished with a 27-5 record.

No. 3 Washington 77, DePaul 68--Karen Deden scored eight points during a 22-2 run in the final 7:10 of the first half to give the Huskies (27-2) a 43-24 halftime lead and they went on to beat the Blue Demons (22-10) in the second-round game of the Mideast Regional at Seattle.

Vanderbilt 61, No. 10 Iowa 56--The Hawkeyes (23-6) scored seven consecutive points for a 50-45 lead with 6:11 left, but the Lady Commodores (23-10) used their height advantage to score 11 consecutive points for a 56-50 lead with 2:06 remaining and went on to get the upset win in the second round of the Mideast Regional at Iowa City.