Women’s March Madness: Unbeaten Uconn Win 54th Game In Row To Reach Final Four

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All-America guardant Sarah Strong scored 21 points, Blanca Quiñonez added 20 and defending nationalist champion UConn hit Notre Dame 70-52 connected Sunday, sending coach Geno Auriemma and nan Huskies to their 25th Final Four.

The Huskies (38-0), who person won 54 games successful a row, clinched nan first spot for nan Final Four successful Phoenix. They will beryllium going for their 13th nationalist championship.

Azzi Fudd, UConn’s different first-team AP All-America pick, added 13 points and 4 assists.

Hannah Hidalgo had 22 points and 11 rebounds for nan Fighting Irish (25-11), positive 3 much steals to summation her NCAA single-season grounds to 202 and azygous NCAA Tournament people to 29. But she besides had 5 turnovers, nan first clip successful her 10 NCAA Tournament games pinch much turnovers than steals.

The ninth NCAA Tournament gathering betwixt nan Huskies and nan Irish was their first pinch a spot successful nan Final Four connected nan line. They had some made it that acold nan first 8 times they met successful March Madness, nan past successful 2019 erstwhile Notre Dame won a semifinal crippled complete UConn and past mislaid to Baylor successful nan title game.

In Sunday’s different game, Lauren Betts had 23 points, 10 rebounds and 5 blocks to thief UCLA rally from a uncommon halftime shortage and hit Duke, advancing to nan Final Four for nan 2nd consecutive season.

The top-seeded Bruins will play either Texas aliases Michigan successful Phoenix connected Friday successful nan nationalist semi-finals. UCLA are 2 wins distant from nan program’s first NCAA title.

Third-seeded Duke tested UCLA (35-1) for illustration fewer teams this season. The Bruins struggled to get going offensively aliases incorporate nan Blue Devils (27-9), who reached their 2nd consecutive Elite Eight connected a buzzer-beating three-pointer by Ashlon Jackson against LSU successful nan Sweet 16. Taina Mair scored 21 points to lead Duke, which besides mislaid successful a location last past year.