Paige Bueckers, UConn and Oklahoma
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Paige Bueckers set a UConn women’s basketball NCAA tournament scoring record to lead a come-from-behind victory on Saturday. The No. 2 seed Huskies (34-3) trailed No. 3 Oklahoma (27-8) by ...
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Bueckers finished 16-of-27 from the field and 6-of-8 from 3, setting a UConn NCAA Tournament record for points.
BOTTOM LINE: No. 3 UConn plays No. 11 Oklahoma in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament. The Huskies' record in Big East play is 21-0, and their record is 12-3 in non-conference games. UConn leads the Big East averaging 81.7 points and is shooting 51.3%.
UConn’s improbable bid for a third straight national title continued when Alex Karaban came through with a critical 3-pointer and a floater in the lane during a late run that helped the Huskies hold off Oklahoma 67-59 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
UConn, the two-time reigning NCAA champions who’ve endured a season of angst, survived Oklahoma, 67-59, in a tense first-round game Friday night at the Lenovo Center. The victory was UConn’s 13th consecutive win in the NCAA Tournament spanning the past three seasons.
The Huskies' star had 29 points in the second half, turning a three-point deficit into a blowout victory to advance to the Elite Eight.
The best two players left in March Madness are competing in Friday’s second game of the Final Four: UCLA has 6-foot-7 center Lauren Betts, and UConn has sensation Paige Bueckers. Through the first four rounds of the NCAA Tournament,
Jennie Baranczyk's Iowa team lost to UConn when she played in 2002 NCAA Tournament. She'll face Huskies as Oklahoma's head coach Saturday.
The UConn women's basketball team faces Oklahoma in a NCAA Sweet 16 game Saturday, The Huskies are 2-0 in NCAA Tournament play against the Sooners