Paige Bueckers scored 28 points to lead UConn back to the Final Four with a 80-73 win over No. 1 seed USC and JuJu Watkins
lost multiple key players to season-ending injuries and struggled early in nonconference play, coach Geno Auriemma though it would've been a"miracle" for his team to make a deep March run.
Even as a slew of injuries hampered the Huskies, now for the third-straight campaign, they still had one piece who could transcend all else: In her first season back from an ACL tear that sidelined her all of last year, Bueckers scored a game-high 28 points to go along with 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks to deliver UConn to its 23rd Final Four appearance and 15th in the last 16 NCAA tournaments with a 80-73 victory Monday over 1-seedThe 11-time national champion Huskies aren't used to being the underdogs.
USC ends its season with its deepest tournament run since 1994, where the Trojans also lost in the Elite Eight, but with its future incredibly bright with presumptive freshman of the year
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