No. 3 UConn knocks off St. John’s, 71-40, to advance to Large East Match semifinals

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Paige Bueckers had 20 issues to steer No. 3 UConn to a 71-40 win over St. John’s within the quarterfinals of the Large East girls’s basketball match on Saturday.Sarah Robust had 10 issues and 14 rebounds whilst Azzi Fudd completed with 11 issues for UConn (29-3) because the Huskies gained their thirteenth consecutive Large East match recreation and recorded their thirty fourth win in a row in a convention match.Ariana Vanderhoop and Kylie Lavelle every had 11 issues and 3 3-pointers. Lashae Dwyer had 10 issues for the Pink Hurricane (16-15)UConn used a 22-0 run to take command of the sport after the Pink Hurricane scored the primary two issues of the sport.Lavelle had 8 issues in a span of one:48 because the Pink Hurricane lower into the UConn lead. Alternatively, Bueckers had 4 of her 10 first-half issues within the ultimate 49 seconds of the second one quarter because the Huskies led 34-17 at halftime.TakeawaysSt. John’s: The Pink Hurricane had 4 3-pointers in the second one half of, one shy of the full in every of the 2 video games in opposition to the Huskies within the common season.UConn: The Huskies complicated to the semifinals of their convention match for the thirty seventh season in a row. The closing time the Huskies failed to succeed in the semifinals was once in 1988.Key momentUConn held St. John’s with no basket for just about 9 mins, Ber’Nyah Mayo gave St. John’s the early lead however the Pink Hurricane neglected their subsequent 12 photographs because the Huskies scored the following 22 issues. Fudd led the best way with 5 issues whilst Kaitlyn Chen, Bueckers and Jana El Alfy added 4 issues every.Key statUConn didn’t devote its first turnover till 7:59 remained within the 3rd quarter. St. John’s got here into the sport rating 3rd within the Large East with a mean of 8.97 steals in keeping with recreation. The Pink Hurricane had only one scouse borrow within the first 3 quarters.Up nextUConn performs both Marquette or Villanova in Sunday’s Large East match semifinals.