As the old saying goes, defence wins championships, as South Carolina proved on Sunday. ✍️: GoldieOnSports
When the South Carolina Gamecocks and UConn Huskies both won their Women’s Final Four games, they set themselves up for redemption from their earlier-than-desired exits in 2021.
Staley’s team proved to be unstoppable in the final, despite a 10-0 run from UConn in the third quarter putting pressure on their title hopes, the Gamecocks managed to pull through for Staley’s second title in six years. Guarding Bueckers on the defensive end, one of the toughest defensive assignments in the game, Henderson was unafraid to play the switch and get physical against some of the bigger players from UConn despite standing at 5’7. Henderson also drove Carolina’s offence from the point, tallying four assists on top of her total 26 points in the game, a career-high.
One of the biggest differences – and arguably sloppiest parts of UConn’s play in the game – is that South Carolina absolutely controlled the boards on both ends of the court, out-rebounding 41-20 and controlling their fate on offence to get those second chance points in the match. Senior Christyn Williams was held to just two points in the loss, while freshman Azzi Fudd was held to just three, but Aaliyah Edwards and Caroline Ducharme picked up the slack with eight and nine points respectively. Olivia Nelson-Ododa was also held to just four points and two rebounds while tallying four fouls.
Zia Cooke was already one to watch coming into this game – which made South Carolina so hard to defend, due to the fact that they had so many versatile scoring options that could make an impact in the game. While shots weren’t falling from beyond the arc for Cooke the way the had against Louisville and UNC in the tournament, she still managed to contribute 11 points and five rebounds which were all defensive.
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