Albuquerque, N.M. ? Freshman Courtney Paris scored 26 points and had 18 rebounds for her third straight double-double, and No. 25 Oklahoma pulled away in the second half for a 74-63 victory over New Mexico in the semifinals of the Preseason WNIT on Wednesday.

The Sooners (3-0) will play the winner of today’s semifinal between No. 9 Connecticut and Boston College for the preseason tournament title.

Paris, who came into the game averaging 21.5 points and 15 rebounds, hit 11 of 15 shots, most of them lay-ups, and repeatedly grabbed rebounds off New Mexico missed shots.

New Mexico (2-1) got 23 points from Dionne Marsh, who missed her first five shots before leading a late first-half rally that got the Lobos within 35-34 at the break.

New Mexico, which had its 16-game home-court winning streak snapped, never led.

Oklahoma, with Leah Rush scoring six points went on an 11-3 run to start the second half and the Lobos got no closer than eight points the rest of the way.