For the first time since 2016, the Connecticut Huskies are on top of the women’s college basketball.
They dominated the South Carolina Gamecocks on Sunday from start to finish en route to an 82-59 victory in the national championship game.
Here are three takeaways from the last game of the season in women’s college hoops.
South Carolina did not have a go-to player
Whenever UConn needed a big shot, it turned to Azzi Fudd or Sarah Strong, and they delivered. South Carolina did not have the same fortunes with any of its players.
Chloe Kitts has been one of the most clutch players all season long for the Gamecocks, but she was held to just nine points on 3-of-11 shooting from the field.
South Carolina’s bench outscoring its starters is an indicator that the starting five for the Gamecocks did not produce at the high level they had done throughout the entire season.
Paige Bueckers played third fiddle
Despite finishing with 17 points, Bueckers did not have the impact on the game that Fudd or Strong did.
Now, there could be an argument made that Bueckers’ presence alone opens up the floor for other players and that is very well true, but the fact that Bueckers was not even the lead assists player on her team Sunday shows that she truly was the third best player on the court for the Huskies.
Azzi Fudd and Sarah Strong stepped up tremendously
As mentioned above, Fudd and Strong dominated South Carolina from start to finish. The two combined for 48 points, 20 rebounds, six assists, five steals and three blocks.
In a game where all the attention was focused on Bueckers’ last game in a UConn jersey, Fudd and Strong stole the show and helped the Huskies get back to the top of the mountain in women’s college basketball.
