The Connecticut Huskies take on the South Carolina Gamecocks in the women's basketball national championship tonight.
No. 1 overall seed South Carolina is led by junior Aliyah Boston, the 6-foot-5 forward who has dominated the paint for the favorite Gamecocks. Boston averaged 17 points, 12 rebounds and more than 2 blocks per game on the season on her way to winning the Associated Press national player of the year.UConn, meanwhile, is led by sophomore guard Paige Bueckers, last year's national player of the year.
They followed that up with a 63-58 win over another 1-seed in Stanford on Friday night to reach the title game.South Carolina has been the top-ranked team since the preseason and is 34-2 on the year, with each of its losses coming by 2 points or fewer.The Gamecocks reached the Final Four by beating 10-seeded Creighton 80-50 and then dropping 1-seeded Louisville 72-59 on Friday to reach the title game.
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