UConn beat South Carolina to end drought and win their 12th national title | NCAA Tournament
Uconn returned to the women’s basketball summit, and won her twelfth national championship by directing the hero in South Carolina 82-59 on Sunday behind 24 points from Azzi Fudd.
Sarah Strong added 24 points and 15 rebounds, while Paige Bokers achieved 17 points in her final match with the Huskies team.
“Well, it is surprising that you have three players, three like this in the same team.” “And Sarah, you thought Sarah was graduating the way she was playing, right? All of them complete each other well. They have unique skills sets.”
The bouquers crowned its excellent career with the first Huskies championship since 2016, as it ended the drought of the title for nine years for the team. This was the longest barren extension for Auriemma and the strength of the Qenaqa since the team won its first championship in 1995 led by Rebecca Lubu.
Since then, Huskies has had a dominant championship, including in the early first decade of the twentieth century led by Soo Bird and Diana Torrasi, 2009-10 with Maya Moore and finally the four consecutive 2013-16 with Priyana Stewart. All of them were present in Florida on Sunday to watch the last Huskies title.
“These players make me want to comment there every day … It has been a long time since I was emotional [after a game]Orima said.
Finally healthy, mixed with the expected number 1 chosen in the WNBA draft for this year – to the strong structures throughout the championship season.
This was the only thing lost in her amazing career that was slowing down due to injuries. She was the first student to win the AP title a year before she missed a lot of her season in the second year, with a plateau of plateau and tears of the arthropod. Then I tore the ACL before the next season.
Auriemma and Puckers embraced while the Huskies team closed their victory. He was asked what he said to his star, Orima replied: “I love you, that’s all I can say.”
Uconn closed the first half of the Sunday match with an increase of 10 points and then put the game away in the third quarter behind Fudd, Strong and Puckers. The trio combined for 23 of 26 points for the team in the quarter. Uconn rose 50-39, leaving 3:21 in the period before closing with 12-3 playing to put the game away.
FUDD and Strong began the matter with the consecutive thugs, and the guidance was running. Auriemma subbed olition, fudd and strong exit with 1:32 left. The seeds and Erima had a long hug on the margin, after they finally got the championship he wanted for.
The Dawn Staley team was trying to win a third title in four years and fourth in general. He would have tied her with Kim Molki to third place behind Orima and former Tennessee Celebrity Coal Cinema, Pat Sumit, who had eight.
The appearance of the last Huskies game came in 2022 when the Staley team overcame the Uconn team to start the current Gamecocks for success, a game that ended the perfect Auriemma record in the title games.
