Tempe, Ariz. ? The ugly stain on Baylor basketball is fading. The women are taking care of that.

Sophia Young scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and the second-seeded Lady Bears are headed to the Final Four for the first time in school history after beating No. 1 North Carolina, 72-63, Monday night.

Young, whose mother came from the West Indies last week to see her play in college for the first time, was named the MVP of the Tempe Regional.

The Lady Bears (31-3) extended their school-record winning streak to 18 games, leading by as many as 19 points in the second half against the Tar Heels (30-4), who had won 16 straight going into the game.

“You can coach a lifetime and have great teams that are expected to be in the Final Four and never make it,” said coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson, who took over in 2000 and built the lackluster program into a powerhouse. “For our team to do it in five short years, I can’t say enough about our coaches and players. These are tears of joy.”

The Baylor men’s basketball team made it to the Final Four in 1948 and 1950, but that program gained infamy when a former player was accused of murdering a teammate in 2003.

“This means a lot and speaks volumes for what we’ve done for the Baylor University community,” said Steffanie Blackmon, holding a piece of the net the players cut down. “Last year we decided to be the shining light for the university because of everything that happened. We wanted to be something positive for Baylor.”

Chameka Scott, 0-for-9 from three-point range in her previous two games, was 4-for-8 against North Carolina and scored 18 points for Baylor. Blackmon added 14 points.

Baylor players celebrate after defeating North Carolina, 72-63, in the championship game of the Tempe Regional. The Bears advanced to their first Final Four with the victory Monday in Tempe, Ariz.

The Lady Bears, who hadn’t even been to a regional final before, will play LSU in the national semifinals Sunday in Indianapolis.

“Baylor has been through so much,” Scott said. “If you go back to Waco, we have the whole community behind us. That’s part of our momentum and part of what got us so far.”

North Carolina shot just 32 percent.

LSU 59, Duke 49

Chattanooga, Tenn. — Finally met with a challenge in the NCAA Tournament, LSU was up to the task. The top-seeded Lady Tigers are going to a second straight Final Four after beating second-seeded Duke in the Chattanooga Regional final. LSU was down early, but tied it at halftime, went ahead in the opening minutes and never trailed again. All-American Seimone Augustus finished with 22 points, and Sylvia Fowles added 13 points and 11 rebounds.