'There are no words for the experience that I've had with my time here. It's been anything more than I could have wished for or imagined.'
PJ Brown Special to the Arizona Daily Star Sam Thomas did all she could to make it last just a little longer.
Thomas even turned up the aggression on offense — driving to the hoop, knocking down 3 three-pointers and finishing with a team-high 15 points. “ obviously disappointed with our performance and how we played on the big stage,” UA coach Adia Barnes said. “North Carolina did a great job. They played well. They disrupted us. They really congested the paint, didn't allow us to drive. We kind of lived and died by the 3-point shot in the first half and just couldn't convert. They did a really good job of just outplaying us in multiple ways.
The defense picked up as well, besides that block, the Wildcats forced errant passes and started trapping. It wasn't enough to erase a lead that UNC held almost from the opening tip. “I was going to get her standing ovation because he deserves that,” Barnes said. “ incredible kid. Incredible person, incredible young woman. She came to Arizona this introverted shy kid that …. And wasn't heavily recruited. She left as a monster defensive player, stellar academically, just a role model in every sense of the word. That's what a student-athlete is. It is Sam. She gave so much this program.
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