Ncaa Women’s National Championship: South Carolina V Ucla – Live Updates

David will beryllium present shortly. In nan meantime, drawback up connected what happened successful Friday night’s Final Four games.

South Carolina’s 62-48 triumph complete UConn successful nan first semi-final ended nan Huskies’ 54-game winning streak. The Gamecocks’ defense silenced UConn’s All-American duo of Sarah Strong and Azzi Fudd and exacted revenge for past year’s nationalist title game.

Much of nan speech astir that crippled centered connected nan heated sideline exchange betwixt UConn coach Geno Auriemma and South Carolina coach Dawn Staley successful nan last seconds. Auriemma, who had utilized 1 of his mid-game interviews pinch ESPN to present a fiery diatribe astir officiating, skipped nan post-game handshake aft launching a tirade of words successful Staley’s direction. He apologized connected Saturday for his “uncalled for” behavior, which he said was sparked by a disagreement complete nan pre-game handshake. Staley said she would reside nan incident astatine a later constituent and wanted to support her attraction connected nan pursuit for a nationalist title.

In nan 2nd semi-final, UCLA held disconnected a precocious surge by Texas for a 51-44 win, securing a berth successful nan nationalist title crippled for nan first clip successful programme history. Star Bruins halfway Lauren Betts made a immense artifact connected a layup effort by chap All-American Madison Booker successful nan last minutes to support nan Longhorns astatine bay.

UCLA are 34-1. South Carolina are 36-3. The teams person met 5 times, with