UConn, Oklahoma and Paige Bueckers
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The Associated Press |
Payton Verhulst scored 16 points for third-seeded Oklahoma (27-8), which reached the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2013.
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She has taken UConn to the Final Four in each of her previous three seasons.
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Bueckers scored a career-high 40 points, leading the UConn women’s basketball team to an 82-59 victory over Oklahoma in the Sweet 16 of the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
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OU’s four-point halftime lead evaporated over the course of its sloppy third-quarter performance. Connecticut outscored the Sooners by 17 in the third, and fueled by an NCAA Tournament program record 40 points and a second-half takeover from All-American Paige Bueckers, it was Geno Auriemma’s team that refused to surrender the advantage.
Bueckers finished 16-of-27 from the field and 6-of-8 from 3, setting a UConn NCAA Tournament record for points.
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Paige Bueckers scored a career-high 40 points, rescuing UConn from its first-half doldrums and single-handedly turning a tight game against Oklahoma into an 82-59 rout on Saturday that sent the Huskies to the Elite Eight of the women's NCAA Tournament.
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Paige Bueckers scored a career-high 40 points, rescuing UConn from its first-half doldrums and single-handedly turning a tight game against Oklahoma into an 82-59 rout on Saturday that sent the Huskies to the Elite Eight of the women's NCAA Tournament.