Women’s NCAA Tournament - UConn keeps streak alive against Vermont
Yahoo Sports women’s college basketball writer Cassandra Negley highlights UConn's decisive win over Vermont in the first round of the women's tournament.
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CASSANDRA NEGLEY: This is Cassandra Negley with Yahoo Sports on day two of the women's NCAA tournament. And we're talking about number two seed UConn, which dominated in a win against Vermont. It didn't take long for the Huskies to take off. Within 11 seconds, Azzi Fudd hit a jumper on an assist from Aaliyah Edwards. And it is Edwards that really showed out in this game, which is huge for UConn because, way back in November, at the beginning of the season, Geno Auriemma talked about how the post players-- meaning Aaliyah Edwards and Dorka Juhász-- were going to determine the fate of this team's season. Edwards had 28 points. She was 13 of 15 from the field. And she had quite a few mid-range jumpers, so this was not all just in the paint. She had seven rebounds, five assists, four steals, two blocks-- really did everything for UConn.
The big thing for UConn, as well, was that they had all 10 players in the game. Now, of course, Paige Bueckers and ice Brady are out for the season. But that left a 10-player roster, and they have rarely been available at the same time. This gives the Huskies a lot of depth. It gives them more room for Dorka and Aaliyah to work, and we saw that in action against Vermont.
UConn is in that Seattle 3 region with number one seed Virginia Tech, number four seed Tennessee, and, down at the bottom with them, number three seed, Ohio State. UConn fans are probably kind of happy seeing the Buckeyes struggle in their game. They were down by double digits in their game and had to mount another comeback to win an advance. Now, this was great for Ohio State. It was a good game. But moving forward, that isn't going to get the job done. For more from the tournament, stay with us at Yahoo! Sports.
