LAS VEGAS (AP) Taylor Proctor scored 27 points, Zhane Dikes added 21 and San Francisco earned its first trip to the NCAA Tournament in 19 years with a 70-68 victory over BYU in the West Coast Conference title game Tuesday.
Top-seeded BYU (26-6) jumped out to a big early lead in the rematch of last year's title game, but the sixth-seeded Dons settled down after a shaky start to make it close heading into the fourth quarter.
Dikes hit two free throws with 17 seconds left to put San Francisco (21-11) up 69-68 and Proctor, who had 10 rebounds, hit 1 of 2 with 5.9 seconds left to give BYU one last shot.
The Cougars never got it off, with Dikes stripping Kalani Purcell on the final play.
WCC player of the year Lexi Eaton Rydalch, scored 11 points in the first quarter, but had to work much harder the rest of the game. She finished with 23 points on 7-of-21 shooting before fouling out with 49 seconds left.
