Paige Bueckers, UConn and final four
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Hartford Courant |
Freshman Sarah Strong played like a seasoned veteran in her first Elite Eight game, powering UConn with 22 points, a career-high 17 rebounds plus four assists and a steal.
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Newcomers UCLA will face titans UConn in the Final Four while Dawn Staley's South Carolina Gamecocks are hoping to spoil Texas' best March Madness run in more than 20 years as the women's collegiate ...
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Bueckers poured in 31 points, handed out six assists and had four steals. She has scored 105 points since the Round of 32, most in UConn history over a three-game NCAA Tournament span.
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When Paige Bueckers and Geno Auriemma sat down at the dais after punching their ticket to Tampa for the Final Four, Auriemma pointed to the box score on a sheet of paper. Not to the fact that she played all 40 minutes or scored a game-high 31 points.
Former NBA player Etan Thomas wrote a column suggesting there was a race factor into why Paige Bueckers' popularity has yet to reach Caitlin Clark heights.