Albuquerque, N.M. ? Baylor needed a moment like this in what has been a very dark year for the Waco school.

The Baylor women beat Florida, 91-76, Monday night in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to advance to the Round of 16 for the first time in school history.

“The university needed this more than the program needed this,” Baylor coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson said. “You all know what’s happened over the past year, I don’t need to rehash it.”

Baylor and its athletic department have been ravaged by tragedy and scandal.

“I asked this team to be the shining light of our athletic department this winter and they did that,” Mulkey-Robertson said.

Louisiana Tech 81,

Texas Tech 64

Missoula, Mont. — Erica Smith-Taylor had a career-high 30 points and 11 rebounds, leading Louisiana Tech over Texas Tech in the second round of the Mideast Regional.

Stanford 68, Oklahoma 43

Tempe, Ariz. — Nicole Powell had 23 points, Kelley Suminski added 19 and Stanford scored 22 consecutive points in the second half to rout Oklahoma in the second round of the Midwest Regional.

Tennessee 79, DePaul 59

Tallahassee, Fla. — Tennessee cruised into the NCAA’s Round of 16 for the 23rd straight year.

Vanderbilt 60,

Chattanooga 44

Chattanooga, Tenn. — Carla Thomas had 15 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks.

Boston College 63, Ohio State 48

Columbus, Ohio — Amber Jacobs scored 17 points.

Georgia 85, TCU 71

Philadelphia — Christi Thomas had 19 points and 12 rebounds, and Jessica Pierce added 18 points for Georgia.