South Carolina tops UConn to win NCAA women’s basketball national championship

South Carolina got here out of the gates sizzling and stayed that approach because the Gamecocks used a dominant first quarter to push previous UConn 64-49 to win the NCAA girls’s faculty basketball nationwide championship.

Gamecocks guard Destanni Henderson led the best way for South Carolina with 26 factors, 4 assists and three steals within the win. She was 3-for-6 from three-point vary and 9-of-20 from the sphere. 

Just a few assists and a three-pointer from Henderson pushed South Carolina to a 20-8 lead within the first quarter and the crew by no means appeared again.

South Carolina would go wire-to-wire for the victory, and whereas Henderson had the game-high amongst all scorers, the Gamecocks dominating the glass was an enormous issue within the win.

SOUTH CAROLINA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM CATCHES FLAK FOR SKIPPING NATIONAL ANTHEM AT FINAL FOUR

South Carolina’s Bree Corridor battles with UConn’s Aaliyah Edwards through the second half of a school basketball recreation within the closing spherical of the Ladies’s Closing 4 NCAA event Sunday, April 3, 2022, in Minneapolis.
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South Carolina had 21 offensive rebounds within the recreation and out-rebounded UConn on the offensive facet 21-6. The crew out-rebounded the Huskies 49-24.

Aliyah Boston would rating 11 factors and add 16 rebounds within the win. Zia Cookie additionally had 11 factors and 5 rebounds.

UConn’s Caroline Ducharme tries to get previous South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston through the first half of a school basketball recreation within the closing spherical of the Ladies’s Closing 4 NCAA event Sunday, April 3, 2022, in Minneapolis.
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UConn head coach Geno Auriemma had been 11-0 when his Huskies had made it to the nationwide title recreation, however luck was not on the crew’s facet.

Paige Bueckers was held to 14 factors within the loss. She was the one Huskies participant to report double-digits in factors. South Carolina’s protection held Christyn Williams to solely two factors. Azzi Fudd solely had three factors.

South Carolina wins their first championship since 2017. That crew defeated Stanford and Mississippi State on their option to a nationwide title. A’ja Wilson and Allisha Grey performed a giant function in that title run.

UConn’s Paige Bueckers appears to be like to get previous South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston and Bree Corridor through the first half of a school basketball recreation within the closing spherical of the Ladies’s Closing 4 NCAA event Sunday, April 3, 2022, in Minneapolis.
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The Gamecocks beat Louisville, Creighton, North Carolina, Miami (FL) and Howard to succeed in this level.