BYU to meet Gonzaga in WCC semifinals

| March 3, 2012 8:00 PM

Noah Hartsock scored 19 points and BYU beat San Diego (13-18) 73-68 in the quartefinals of the West Coast Conference tournament Friday at Las Vegas.

No. 3 BYU (25-7) will face No. 2 Gonzaga (23-5) in the semifinals tonight.

San Francisco 67, Loyola Marymount 60: At Las Vegas, Michael Williams scored 19 points and San Francisco beat Loyola Marymount (19-12) in the WCC tournament quarterfinals.

No. 5 seed San Francisco (20-12) next gets No. 1 seed Saint Mary's (25-5) in tonight's opening semifinal.

* TOP 25

No. 12 Murray State 78, Tennessee Tech 58: At Nashville, Tenn., Donte Poole scored 25 points and Murray State (29-1) routed Tennessee Tech (19-13) in the OVC tournament semifinals.

No. 15 Wichita State 72, Indiana State 48: At St. Louis, Toure Murry and Joe Ragland scored 14 points each to lead Wichita State (27-4) past Indiana State (18-14) in the quarterfinals of the MVC tournament.

No. 20 Notre Dame 75, Providence 69: At South Bend, Ind., Jack Cooley scored a 27 points and had 17 rebounds as Notre Dame (21-10, 13-5 Big East) beat Providence (15-16, 4-14).

No. 25 Creighton 68, Drake 61: At St. Louis, Greg McDermott scored 26 points to lift Creighton (26-5) past Drake (17-15) in the semifinals of the MVC tournament.