AMES, Iowa – Shereka Wright scored 19 points and Purdue dominated the second half after a slow start, beating Villanova 60-42 Tuesday night to advance to the West Regional semifinals in Seattle.

The second-seeded Boilermakers (29-3) outscored Villanova 37-14 in the final period and moved into the round of 16 for the third time in four years. They’ll play third-seeded Georgia (24-9) on Saturday.

Wright, named a second-team All-American earlier in the day, bounced back from a 1-for-7 start to score 15 points in the second half.

Villanova (23-7) led by as many as eight in the first half, but was done in by a 13-0 run that gave Purdue a 44-33 lead midway through the second half.

Notre Dame 59,

Middle Tennessee St 46

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Jacqueline Batteast tied her career-high with 27 points, 14 during a decisive 22-1 run, leading Notre Dame over Middle Tennessee State in a second round game.

The Irish (21-11) advanced to the final 16 for the sixth time in eight seasons.

The Lady Raiders (24-8) were leading 26-25 when Batteast got the Irish (21-11) started on their run with a 14-foot jumper from the baseline. Monique Hernandez then scored on a layup to give the Irish a 29-26 halftime lead.

Batteast scored the first six points of the second half and 12 of Notre Dame’s first 18 points, with Jeneka Joyce adding a pair of 3-pointers. During the run the Lady Raiders went 10:34 without a field goal.

Penn St. 61, Va. Tech 48

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Tanisha Wright made up for fellow All-American Kelly Mazzante’s poor shooting by scoring 26 of Penn State’s first 36 points, and the top seeded Nittany Lions advanced to the East Regional semifinals.

Penn State (27-5) will be making its third straight trip to the round of 16.

Virginia Tech finished 23-8.

Duke 76, Marquette 67

DURHAM, N.C. – Alana Beard and reserve Brittany Hunter carried Duke into the round of 16

Beard scored 30 points in her final game at Cameron Indoor Stadium and Hunter added 12 after halftime to lift the Blue Devils in the second round.

Monique Currie scored 15 first-half points for the top-seeded Blue Devils (29-3), who have won 12 straight games.

Kelly Schwerman had 16 points to lead the Golden Eagles (22-10).