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Toni Young scored a season-high 27 points, Liz Donohoe added 20 points and 11 rebounds for her fourth straight double-double, and Oklahoma State advanced to the finals of the Women's NIT for the first time by beating San Diego 73-57 on Wednesday night.

Kayla McBride scored 16 points Sunday and No. 2 Notre Dame placed six players in double figures in a 99-34 victory over Indiana State in the Preseason Women's National Invitation Tournament.

The final two spots in the women's Final Four are on the line tonight in the Elite Eight, with UConn, Duke, Baylor and Texas A&M seeking to advance to Indianapolis. And there's another men's final four ... in the NIT semifinals at MSG.

Maryland, Syracuse, Illinois and Arizona State highlight the Women's National Invitational tournament field, which expanded to 64 teams for the first time this year.

Coach C. Vivian Stringer said the Scarlet Knights would not play in the NIT if they missed the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2001-02.

Andrea Riley scored 24 points and Tegan Cunningham had 20 points and 10 rebounds as Oklahoma State beat Georgia Tech (No. 19 AP) 70-64 on Sunday in the second round of the Preseason Women's NIT.

Mo Bennett had 21 points and seven rebounds to help Georgia Tech (NR ESPN/USA Today, No. 19 AP) beat Winthrop 63-30 in the opener of the Women's Preseason NIT.

Jantel Lavender had 24 points and 13 rebounds to lead No. 3 Ohio State to a 91-68 win over Eastern Illinois on Friday in the first round of the preseason Women?s National Invitational Tournament.

A look at the complete schedule for the 2009 WNIT.

Jessica Breland scored a career-high 31 points as North Carolina (No. 3 ESPN/USA Today, No. 4 AP) held off Oklahoma (No. 4 ESPN/USA Today, No. 2 AP) 80-79 on Sunday in the title game of the Women's Preseason NIT.

Courtney Paris had her 100th career double-double as Oklahoma (No. 4 ESPN/USA Today, No. 2 AP) beat Arizona State (No. 17 ESPN/USA Today, No. 18 AP) 70-57 in the semifinals of the Preseason Women's NIT.

Rashanda McCants scored 20 of her 27 points in the second half to rally North Carolina to a 73-67 win over Xavier on Wednesday night in the women's Preseason NIT.

Rashanda McCants scored 15 points to help North Carolina (No. 4 ESPN/USA Today, No. 6 AP) overcome a slow start and beat Virginia Commonwealth 77-65 on Sunday in the second round of the Women's Preseason National Invitation Tournament.

Courtney Paris scored 18 points to move into second place on Oklahoma's career scoring list and the Sooners opened their season with an 88-57 win against California-Riverside.

Cetera DeGraffenreid and Italee Lucas each scored 14 points and No. 4 North Carolina beat Western Carolina 90-56 on Friday night in the opening round of the Women's Preseason National Invitation Tournament.

Ta'Shia Phillips scored 25 points on Friday, and No. 22 Xavier used its front line to full advantage while pulling away to a 79-49 victory over Robert Morris in the opening round of the Women's National Invitation Tournament.