OKLAHOMA CITY — Lindsay Allen scored 23 points to help top-seeded Notre Dame defeat Baylor 77-68 in the Oklahoma City regional final Sunday and reach its fifth consecutive Final Four.

Allen, who scored a career-high 28 points in the regional semifinal win over Stanford on Friday, followed that by making 10 of 16 shots to go along with seven assists. She was named the Most Outstanding Player of the regional.

Michaela Mabrey scored 14 points and Jewell Loyd added 13 for the Fighting Irish (35-2), who won their 21st straight game. Notre Dame will play South Carolina next Sunday.

Nina Davis had 26 points and 13 rebounds, Sune Agbuke added 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Niya Johnson had 10 assists for second-seeded Baylor (33-4), which was trying to avenge an 88-69 loss to Notre Dame in last year’s regional final.

A 3-pointer by Madison Cable gave Notre Dame a 60-56 lead, and a pair of free throws by Loyd pushed the advantage to six with just under 10 minutes to play.

Agbuke, Baylor’s 6-foot-4 center, picked up her fourth foul with just over nine minutes to play, and Notre Dame continued to attack the basket. Cable’s runner with just under a minute to go put Notre Dame up 74-68, and the Fighting Irish held on at the free-throw line.

GREENSBORO REGIONAL

SOUTH CAROLINA 80, FLORIDA STATE 74: Tiffany Mitchell scored seven of her 21 points in the final two minutes, and the Gamecocks (34-2) earned their first Final Four berth by beating the Seminoles (32-5) in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Alaina Coates finished with 14 points, A’ja Wilson added 10, and Asia Dozier hit four free throws in the final 20 seconds for the top-seeded Gamecocks.

Playing from behind for most of the day, they shot 61 percent while rallying to win their seventh straight and keep the best season in school history going.

Next stop: Tampa, Florida, to face the Oklahoma City Regional winner on April 5.

Leticia Romero scored 13 points and Brittany Brown had 12 for the Seminoles.

There were five ties and seven lead changes in the final 10-plus minutes. The last came when Mitchell’s drive made it 69-67 with just under two minutes left.

The Gamecocks forced Brown to miss a jumper before Mitchell put them up by five with a corner 3-pointer with about 1:15 remaining.

Maegan Conwright pulled FSU to 72-69 with two free throws with 58.3 seconds left. Mitchell then got the rebound of her missed jumper in the lane, drew a foul and hit both free throws with 27.9 seconds left.

Dozier’s free throws each came immediately after FSU pulled within two points, and Khadijah Sessions stole the ball from Conwright and hit a layup at the buzzer to make it a six-point game.