Arizona stuns UConn to make first women’s NCAA tournament championship game

By Andrea Adelson, ESPN: UConn went into the Final Four on Friday night as the heavy favorites, with the player of the year and a championship pedigree.

Arizona came in with an underdog coach and an underdog story, playing as if it had nothing to lose. For 40 minutes, the Wildcats played stifling defense and took freshman phenom Paige Bueckers off her game, pulling off the 69-59 stunner to advance to the program’s first national championship game appearance.




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