UNCASVILLE,Conn (AP)– Paige Bueckers had 20 point out leadNo 3 UConn to a 71-40 acquireSt John’s within the quarterfinals of the Big East women’s basketball competitors on Saturday.
Sarah Strong had 10 components and 14 rebounds whereas Azzi Fudd do with 11 components for UConn (29-3) because the Huskies received their thirteenth successive Big East competitors online game and tape-recorded their thirty fourth win straight in a gathering competitors.
Ariana Vanderhoop and Kylie Lavelle every had 11 components and three 3-pointers. Lashae Dwyer had 10 components for the Red Storm (16-15)
UConn utilized a 22-0 go to take command of the online game after the Red Storm racked up the preliminary 2 components of the online game.
Lavelle had 8 components in a interval of 1:48 because the Red Storm decreased proper into the UConn lead. However, Bueckers had 4 of her 10 first-half components within the final 49 secs of the 2nd quarter because the Huskies led 34-17 at halftime.
Takeaways
St John’s: The Red Storm had 4 3-pointers within the 2nd fifty p.c, one reluctant of the general in every of each video video games versus the Huskies within the routine interval.
UConn: The Huskies progressed to the semifinals of their assembly competitors for the thirty seventh interval straight. The final time the Huskies stopped working to get to the semifinals remained in 1988.
Key minute
UConn heldSt John’s with no basket for nearly 9 minutes, Ber’Nyah Mayo offeredSt John’s the very early lead nevertheless the Red Storm missed their following 12 pictures because the Huskies racked up the next 22 components. Fudd blazed a path with 5 components whereas Kaitlyn Chen, Bueckers and Jana El Alfy included 4 components every.
Key stat
UConn actually didn’t dedicate its preliminary flip over until 7:59 continued to be within the third quarter.St John’s entered the online game rating third within the Big East with roughly 8.97 swipes per online game. The Red Storm had merely one swipe within the preliminary 3 quarters.
Up following
UConn performs both Marquette or Villanova in Sunday’s Big East competitors semifinals.
