Paige Bueckers dominates as UConn ends USC's stellar season under freshman sensation JuJu Watkins in the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament.
Not so fast, freshman. JuJu Watkins propelled USC to a meteoric, magical, mesmerizing one-year rise to get back into the national championship conversation after decades of irrelevance. Paige Bueckers, Connecticut’s senior guard, ended it. Bueckers starred in UConn’s 80-73 win over top-seeded USC in the Portland 3 Regional final Monday in Moda Center with 29 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, reasserting UConn’s position as an inevitable dominant force in the sport.
The Trojans hadn’t trailed by double figures since losing to Utah on Feb. 25. But facing a UConn team that dressed only eight players and played only seven, USC chipped away. Kayla Padilla drained a corner three at the third-quarter buzzer to draw the Trojans within five. McKenzie Forbes hit a three from the wing that tied it with 7:21 to go. Auriemma was forced to call a timeout. USC built its success this season by winning tight games and wearing down opponents.
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