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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Sydney Shaw hit five 3-pointers and finished with 19 points, Gia Cooke scored 16, and second-seeded West Virginia beat No. 10 seed Arizona State 67-54 on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament.
No. 15 West Virginia (25-6) plays Saturday in the semifinals against the winner between No. 20 Baylor, the No. 3 seed, and sixth-seeded Colorado. The Mountaineers have won 25 games in each of coach Mark Kellogg's first three seasons.
Shaw tied the program record for 3-pointers in a Big 12 Tournament game. Jordan Harrison added 10 points, five assists and three steals for West Virginia.
Marley Washenitz led Arizona State (24-10) with 14 points and Heloisa Carrera scored 10. Gabby Elliott left the game due to an apparent knee injury with 5:33 left in the third quarter but returned to start the fourth and finished with nine points -- all in the first half.
Washenitz hit a 3-pointer that capped an 8-0 run to open the fourth quarter and made it 52-50 game with 8:05 left. Shaw answered 30 seconds later with a 3 before Cooke added a putback and -- after a steal by Wheeler -- another 3 before Shaw hit her final 3-pointer to give West Virginia a 13-point lead with 2:37 to go.
The Sun Devils went scoreless for more than six minutes in the fourth quarter before Carrera hit two free throws that made it 63-52 with 1:48 left.
Up next
West Virginia: Plays in the semifinals Saturday.
Arizona State: Awaits a likely at-large NCAA Tournament berth.
ARIZONA ST. (24-10)
Brackens 3-10 2-2 8, Carrera 3-6 4-6 10, Elliott 3-10 2-4 9, Poa 0-1 2-2 2, Washenitz 4-8 2-2 14, Davenport 1-3 0-0 2, LoVett 3-8 1-2 7, Moore 0-0 0-0 0, Williams 1-2 0-0 2, Totals 18-48 13-18 54
WEST VIRGINIA (25-6)
McCray 1-1 0-0 2, Wheeler 3-9 1-1 7, Cooke 4-11 5-6 16, Harrison 4-8 2-2 10, Shaw 7-18 0-0 19, Makalusky 2-3 0-0 5, Riviere 3-4 0-0 6, Woodley 1-3 0-0 2, Totals 25-57 8-9 67
3-Point Goals_Arizona St. 5-14 (Brackens 0-2, Elliott 1-4, Washenitz 4-6, Davenport 0-1, LoVett 0-1), West Virginia 9-24 (Cooke 3-7, Harrison 0-2, Shaw 5-13, Makalusky 1-2). Assists_Arizona St. 10 (Elliott 3, Williams 3), West Virginia 13 (Harrison 5). Fouled Out_None. Rebounds_Arizona St. 31 (Poa 8), West Virginia 33 (Wheeler 8). Total Fouls_Arizona St. 15, West Virginia 17. Technical Fouls_None. A_0.