Geno Auriemma And Dawn Staley Have Tense Postgame Exchange After South Carolina Shocks Uconn In Final Four

South Carolina hit undefeated UConn 62-48 successful Friday night’s semi-final of nan NCAA Women’s Tournament, ending nan Huskies’ winning streak astatine 54 games and securing a return travel to nan nationalist title game.

UConn coach Geno Auriemma and South Carolina coach Dawn Staley had a heated speech astatine nan extremity of nan game.

As nan 2 went to shingle hands pinch 0.1 seconds left, Auriemma appeared to spell to shingle Staley’s manus and began yelling successful her direction. Staley responded pinch words of her own. Assistant coaches went to calm nan 2 sides, and UConn inbounded nan shot to extremity nan game.

Staley went to shingle hands pinch UConn staffers while Auriemma headed for nan passageway without appearing to shingle nan hands of immoderate South Carolina players aliases coaches. Players from some teams shook hands earlier nan UConn players sprinted up nan tunnel.

“I’m of integrity. So if I did thing incorrect to Geno, I had nary thought what I did,” Staley told nan ESPN postgame broadcast. “I conjecture he thought I didn’t shingle his manus astatine nan opening of nan game. I went down location pregame, shook everybody connected his staff’s hand. I don’t cognize what he came pinch aft nan game, but hey, sometimes things get heated. We move on.”

Ta’Niya Latson led each scorers pinch 16 points. The Gamecocks put connected a ascendant protect display, limiting nan Huskies to conscionable 22 points successful nan 2nd half. National subordinate of nan twelvemonth Sarah Strong was held to conscionable 12 points for UConn, and Azzi Fudd had 8 points.

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