The UCONN Huskies women’s basketball team is a college basketball program representing the University of Stork, Connecticut at the NCAA Division I women’s basketball competition.
UConn Women’s Basketball: Season End| Game Today| Result
Season End:
The UConn women’s basketball team won 11 national titles and made 21 Final Four appearances — 13 in a row. The program has the experience and the prestige, even if its young players do not. Arizona, who never played in a national semifinal game prior to this season, has not come close to those heights.
None of that seemed to matter on Friday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
Third-seeded Arizona, in a position it’s never been in before, looked like the more comfortable team and beat No. 1 UConn 69-59 to advance to Sunday’s national championship game against Stanford
the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament that beat No. 1 South Carolina in the other national semifinal game.
Senior Aari McDonald, the Pac-12′s defensive and overall player of the year, led the Wildcats (21-5) with 26 points on 7-of-17 shooting.
UConn junior Christyn Willliams scored a team-high 20 points before she fouled out, while freshman Paige Bueckers, named the AP national player of the year this week, scored 18 for the Huskies (28-2).
Game Today:
The Wildcats will face Stanford, which beat South Carolina in the other semifinal, on Sunday for the N.C.A.A. women’s title.
The Arizona Wildcats are headed to the national championship after a stunning 69-59 upset win over UConn Huskies in the NCAA Women’s Final Four.
Result:
Key Updates:Arizona staggered UConn to earn a spot in Sunday’s national title game.UConn starts the fourth quarter down 9.Arizona, behind McDonald, leads UConn at halftime.
Arizona gets out to a lead over UConn.Stanford wins in a wild finish.Stanford leads South Carolina at halftime, 31-25.Before the Final Four, the coaches from UConn and South Carolina talked with N.C.A.A.
