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No. 7 UConn cruises past Marquette in Big East semifinals
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Evina Westbrook scored 14 factors and UConn cruised into the Massive East title sport with a 71-51 win over No. 5 seed Marquette on Sunday.
The Huskies didn’t want a lot assist from reigning nationwide participant of the yr Paige Bueckers, who performed 18 minutes and completed with two factors, two rebounds and two assists. The sophomore was enjoying her fifth sport since getting back from a left-knee damage that saved her out greater than two months.
Christyn Williams and Dorka Juhasz every added 13 factors for the Huskies (24-5), who want to win a ninth straight convention event championship, together with the seven they received whereas members of the American Athletic Convention. Aaliyah Edwards had eight factors and 11 rebounds.
Karissa McLaughlin had 15 factors and Jordan King added 12 for Marquette (21-10), which should hope they’ve completed sufficient to get an NCAA Event bid.
Marquette was held to simply 31% capturing from the ground, after hitting a a tournament-record 65.7 % in a 105-85 win over DePaul on Saturday. However, they scored extra factors than every of the Huskies final 4 opponents, who have been all held below 40.
Connecticut’s Paige Bueckers (5) reacts towards teammate Christyn Williams within the first half of an NCAA school basketball sport in opposition to Marquette within the Massive East event semifinals at Mohegan Solar Area, Sunday, March 6, 2022, in Uncasville, Conn.
(AP Picture/Jessica Hill)
UConn scored this sport’s first seven factors and by no means trailed. Williams, who had 13 first-quarter factors within the Huskies quarterfinal win over Georgetown, put up eight factors within the first 10 minutes on Sunday, serving to the Huskies to a 22-6 lead.
DePaul, which had 54 first-half factors on Saturday, didn’t attain 10 factors till Antwainette Walker hit a pull-up jumper halfway via the second quarter to chop the UConn result in 33-10
The Huskies led 39-18 at halftime and 59-32 after three quarters.
Connecticut dominated beneath. The Golden Eagles, who had 60 factors within the paint Saturday, have been outscored within the lane by UConn 36-10 and have been outrebounded 41-33.
BIG PICTURE
Marquette: The was the sixth consecutive look within the semifinals for the Golden Eagles. They received their solely Massive East Event title again in 2017 and had misplaced within the championship sport in every event since, together with to UConn final season.
UConn: The Huskies will likely be showing of their twenty fifth Massive East championship sport, in search of their twentieth Massive East Event title. They’ve been to 18 straight convention finals. The Huskies improved to 14-0 all-time in opposition to Marquette, a staff they swept final month, 72-58 in Milwaukee and 69-38 in Hartford.
UP NEXT
UConn will play both No. 2 seed Villanova or Seton Corridor for the Massive East championship on Monday night time.