Uconn defeats Usca to return to the 24th final register, Matchup set against the UCLA with the highest seed
Spokane, Wash.-The n. 2 Uconn beat the n. 1 USC 78-64 Monday evening in Spokane, Wash., Pushing the Huskies to a 24th Final Four record and their 16th since 2008.
The Trojans were without the feeling of the second year Juju Watkins and in the end they could not contrast the power of the Stars of Uconn. Paige Bueckers, The Star Senior Guard, closed with 31 points and six assists during shooting 9 out of 18. This, after leaving a career, 40 against Oklahoma in the Sweet 16.
With Uconn’s Eight Victory Elys, the Final Four is now officially set. And there will be a lot of star power in Tampa, Florida, at the end of this week.
Paige. Buckers.
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Against the USC, the real serial number forward Sarah Strong – Atletico‘S Unanimous serial number of the year – He was also dominant for the Huskies, ending with 20 points and 17 rebounds. He had up to 15 points in half time.
Bueckers did not move away from expectations in Uconn, where the national championships are the standard. The Huskies have not won everything since 2016 and something short of a trophy in Tampa would have persecuted Bueckers forever, the only Superstar of coach Geno Auriemma without title.
But first, Huskies have to go through the UCLA.
The Bruins with the highest seed beat the LSU n. 3 LSU 72-65 in Spokane on Sunday and have one of the most difficult players of the tournament to be protected in the center of 6 feet-7 Lauren Betts. Betts has an average of 20 points per game, but has done at least 30 in two of his last three games. Even in a slow night for her, when she scored 17 against LSU, the Bruins had too much depth to overcome the tigers.
The Bruins have never won a national championship in women’s basketball and are determined to bring home a new hardware under the coach Cori Close.
The Texas, which faces the South Carolina, has not won a national title since 1986. The coach of Auriemma and the Carolina of the South Dawn Stley, in the meantime, is well coming with the high -playing stakes. Auriemma is looking for her twelfth title, while Staley is trying to make the first back-to-back champion of sport by Carolina dello Sport from Uconn in 2015 and 2016.
The n. 1 of Texas beat n. 2 TCU 58-47 in Birmingham, preparing the stage for a fourth meeting between the Longhorns and Gamecock n. 1 Friday. The South Carolina, winner of three national championships under the coach Dawn Stley, is trying to go around for his second consecutive title and the third championship in the last four years. He punched their ticket by beating Duke 54-50 on Sunday and entered the matchup with Texas who beat the Longhorns in two of the three previous meetings this season, including the match of the Championship of the century.
The Longhorns and Gamecocks will be overturned at 19:00 and on Friday. The Huskies and Bruins will therefore be at the center of the scene at 21:00 et. Both games will air on Espn.
This story will be updated.
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