All-American Paige Bueckers tied her season high with 32 points, freshman Ashlynn Shade added 19 and No. 3 seed UConn held off Syracuse 73-64 Monday to earn a 30th straight trip to the Sweet 16.It was Bueckers fifth straight game with at least 25 points, and seventh in her last eight games.
UConn guard Paige Bueckers shoots as Syracuse guard Georgia Woolley, left, defends in the second half of a second-round college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament, Monday, March 25, 2024, in Storrs, Conn. UConn guard Paige Bueckers, left, celebrates with teammate KK Arnold in the second half of a second-round college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament against Syracuse, Monday, March 25, 2024, in Storrs, Conn.
Dyaisha Fair scored 18 of her 20 points in the second half as Syracuse came back from a 12-point first half deficit to pull within two with just under two minutes left. But the Orange missed four 3-point attempts down the stretch and UConn scored seven of the game’s final eight points. But after UConn pushed that lead to 10 points, Husky point guard Nika Muhl, who had been guarding Fair, picked up three fouls in 30 seconds and fouled out of the game.’Big Three’ leads No. 2 Seed Notre Dame past No. 7 Seed Ole Miss 71-56Coach Geno Auriemma had to be restrained by his assistants after she was called for her last, an offensive foul as she was bringing the ball up court, with UConn up 63-55 and 5:17 left in the game.
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