Paige Bueckers, UConn and final four
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Bueckers is having her best season with UConn. She is the Huskies’ leading scorer at 20.1 points per game and leads them in assists with a career-best 171.
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USC won its most recent game 67-61 against Kansas State on Saturday.
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UConn's Kaitlyn Chen drives toward the rack and drops in a slick and-1 in the second quarter.
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The UConn Huskies defeated the University of Southern California Trojans in the women's Elite Eight on Monday to advance to their 24th program Final Four, the most in NCAA tournament history across either bracket.
Bueckers got back plenty in that game for herself and her teammates, smoothed over the rough patches and was the player who, whenever Auriemma was too deep into the team’s mistakes, could draw him back.
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Though it’s easy in Connecticut to see UConn women’s basketball as “star-crossed” in the recent years, with all the injuries and excruciating losses in March Madness, the outside world sees the Huskies as star-studded.
Behind 31 points and six assists, Paige Bueckers lifted No. 2 seed UConn to a 78-64 win over No. 1 seed USC in the Spokane 4 regional final, clinching the team's 16th Final Four appearance in 17 years and 24th overall.
USC puts up a fight, but with no JuJu Watkins, the Trojans can't overcome Paige Bueckers and UConn in 78-64 a loss. The Huskies will play UCLA in the Final Four.
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Freshman Sarah Strong added 22 points and 17 rebounds for the second-seeded Huskies, who have won a record 11 NCAA titles, all under coach Geno Auriemma.
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UConn coach Geno Auriemma caused a minor stir during last year’s NCAA Tournament when he proclaimed that his star guard, Paige Bueckers, was the best player in the country.
When the final horn rang on Connecticut’s 78-64 victory against the top-seeded Trojans, Paige Buekers could finally allow herself to relax.