Strong, Fudd helps Uconn to detonate the UCLA 85-51 in Final Four while Bueckers moves 1 victory entitled Escaping

Sarah Strong and Azzi Fudd didn’t even need much help from the superstar Paige Bueckers to push Uconn In the game of the national title, bringing the Huskies to an extraordinarily easy 85-51 victory UCLA Friday evening in Final Four of the female NCAA tournament.

Strong concluded with 22 points and Fudd scored all his 19 points in the first half for the second seed Huskies, who are a victory away from their twelfth national championship and first from the team he won four directly since 2013-16 led by the ex Great Breanna Stewart. The drought of the eight -year -old title has been the longest for Huskies since they won their first in 1995.

Uconn will face the reigning champion South Carolina Sunday for the title after the Battiti Gamecocks Texas 74-57 Friday night before. It is a revenge of the game of the 2022 championship, which the Gamecocks won 64-49. The teams met in February and Uconn shocked the South Carolina with a victory on the 29 -point road.

Bueckers closed with 16 points after passing 30 in each of the three previous games for the Huskies (36-3).

Star Center Lauren Betts scored 26 points for Bruins with the highest seed (34-3).

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