As UConn women’s basketball celebrated its 14th straight trip to the Final Four after a thrilling double-overtime victory over top-seeded NC State on Monday night, Christyn Williams had a simple explanation for why the Huskies were moving on.
“We have Paige Bueckers and they don’t,” she said.
Bueckers was transcendent in a way that we haven’t seen before. She dropped a game-high 27 points — 23 of which came after halftime and 15 of which were in overtime. She missed just a single shot from the field in the final 30 minutes of the game and hit crucial baskets time and time again down the stretch.