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WBB: Five Things to Watch - Battle 4 Atlantis Championship - #2 UConn
Tip-off is at noon on ESPN.
Gamecock starters: Henny, Cooke, Beal, Saxton, Boston.
UConn wins the tip. Beal is on Bueckers. Her first shots rolls out.
Cooke and Boston hits threes. Westbrook finally gets UConn on the board after more than three scoreless minutes, with a three-point play. A turnover leads to another Westbrook layup and it's 6-5 Gamecocks.
South Carolina had 3 turnovers during a 9-0 UConn run. It's 12-8 UConn at the media timeout, and Westbrook with shoot a FT after the break. Henny is guarding Bueckers.
That's also two fouls on Cooke. She'll have to sit.
Timeout USC, down 20-10. UConn went on a 20-2 run as USC turned it over 7 times and shot 1-9.
UConn leads 20-14 after 1Q. UConn shot 8-13, USC 6-14. Lots of turnovers by both teams: 8 for USC, 6 for UConn. USC has an 8-5 rebound edge. It's not often you can be on the wrong side of a 20-2 run and say you're still in it, but USC is.
With Cooke out, UConn isn't respecting anyone other than Henny from three, crowding the posts. Cooke checks back in. UConn leads 26-15.
Cooke sparked a little 6-0 run, but UConn leads 32-23 at the media timeout. Bueckers quietly has 13 points. Boston has 9 points and 7 rebounds.
South Carolina is starting to exert itself inside. Beal has a couple of layups during another 6-0 spurt to make it 34-29.
Henny gets a layup to fall and cuts UConn's halftime lead to 36-33. Boston has 11 points and 9 rebounds, Cooke has 11 points. Bueckers has 13.
USC has a 21-13 rebound edge, including 9-3 on the offensive glass and 8-2 second chance points. UConn has 13 points off 11 turnovers, USC 8 off 9. UConn also has 13 fast break points, but only two in the second quarter. USC only had three turnovers in the second quarter, so if you are glass half-full, the game game is trending USC direction.
Saxton hits an elbow jumper to start the third and it's a one-point game.
UConn has no answer for Boston. She scores five straight and South Carolina has a 40-38 lead.
In a flash - less than 3 minutes - South Carolina goes on a 13-4 run to take a 46-40 lead. Boston had 7 during the run, Cooke 4.
South Carolina leads 48-46 at the media timeout. Henny has two free throws after the break.
Cooke has missed three straight. She might be getting tired. The Huskies are back up 52-50 on a 6-0 run.
Running the point, Cooke hits Littleton for three. Cardoso blocks a layup to end the third and the Gamecocks take a 57-54 lead into the fourth. Cooke, Boston, Beal, and LA each have 3 fouls. Nobody from UConn has more than 2.
Henny feeds Cardoso for a layup and then hits a pullup J for a 61-54 lead. Now we've reached the "third game in three days" portion of the game. Both teams are working the clock, trying to shorten the game.
South Carolina leads 66-57 with 4:03 left, and Henny will shoot free throws. UConn has had 3 turnovers in the last 3 minutes. Henny fed Boston for a layup and then Boston hit Littleton for three. A Westbrook three is the only points of the quarter for UConn.
USC has an almost unstoppable 4 minutes offense: throw up a miss, Boston will rebound it, repeat.
Henderson hits a three, Boston makes a layup, and there is a "U-S-C!" chant
South Carolina outscores UConn 16-3 in the fourth to win going away, 73-57. Boston had 22 and 15, Cooke had 17, Henderson 15. UConn was 1-10 with 7 turnovers in the fourth.
Tip-off is at noon on ESPN.
Gamecock starters: Henny, Cooke, Beal, Saxton, Boston.
UConn wins the tip. Beal is on Bueckers. Her first shots rolls out.
Cooke and Boston hits threes. Westbrook finally gets UConn on the board after more than three scoreless minutes, with a three-point play. A turnover leads to another Westbrook layup and it's 6-5 Gamecocks.
South Carolina had 3 turnovers during a 9-0 UConn run. It's 12-8 UConn at the media timeout, and Westbrook with shoot a FT after the break. Henny is guarding Bueckers.
That's also two fouls on Cooke. She'll have to sit.
Timeout USC, down 20-10. UConn went on a 20-2 run as USC turned it over 7 times and shot 1-9.
UConn leads 20-14 after 1Q. UConn shot 8-13, USC 6-14. Lots of turnovers by both teams: 8 for USC, 6 for UConn. USC has an 8-5 rebound edge. It's not often you can be on the wrong side of a 20-2 run and say you're still in it, but USC is.
With Cooke out, UConn isn't respecting anyone other than Henny from three, crowding the posts. Cooke checks back in. UConn leads 26-15.
Cooke sparked a little 6-0 run, but UConn leads 32-23 at the media timeout. Bueckers quietly has 13 points. Boston has 9 points and 7 rebounds.
South Carolina is starting to exert itself inside. Beal has a couple of layups during another 6-0 spurt to make it 34-29.
Henny gets a layup to fall and cuts UConn's halftime lead to 36-33. Boston has 11 points and 9 rebounds, Cooke has 11 points. Bueckers has 13.
USC has a 21-13 rebound edge, including 9-3 on the offensive glass and 8-2 second chance points. UConn has 13 points off 11 turnovers, USC 8 off 9. UConn also has 13 fast break points, but only two in the second quarter. USC only had three turnovers in the second quarter, so if you are glass half-full, the game game is trending USC direction.
Saxton hits an elbow jumper to start the third and it's a one-point game.
UConn has no answer for Boston. She scores five straight and South Carolina has a 40-38 lead.
In a flash - less than 3 minutes - South Carolina goes on a 13-4 run to take a 46-40 lead. Boston had 7 during the run, Cooke 4.
South Carolina leads 48-46 at the media timeout. Henny has two free throws after the break.
Cooke has missed three straight. She might be getting tired. The Huskies are back up 52-50 on a 6-0 run.
Running the point, Cooke hits Littleton for three. Cardoso blocks a layup to end the third and the Gamecocks take a 57-54 lead into the fourth. Cooke, Boston, Beal, and LA each have 3 fouls. Nobody from UConn has more than 2.
Henny feeds Cardoso for a layup and then hits a pullup J for a 61-54 lead. Now we've reached the "third game in three days" portion of the game. Both teams are working the clock, trying to shorten the game.
South Carolina leads 66-57 with 4:03 left, and Henny will shoot free throws. UConn has had 3 turnovers in the last 3 minutes. Henny fed Boston for a layup and then Boston hit Littleton for three. A Westbrook three is the only points of the quarter for UConn.
USC has an almost unstoppable 4 minutes offense: throw up a miss, Boston will rebound it, repeat.
Henderson hits a three, Boston makes a layup, and there is a "U-S-C!" chant
South Carolina outscores UConn 16-3 in the fourth to win going away, 73-57. Boston had 22 and 15, Cooke had 17, Henderson 15. UConn was 1-10 with 7 turnovers in the fourth.
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