No. 4 UConn bagged their first signature win of the season on Sunday, taking down then-No. 4 South Carolina 87-58 to snap the Gamecocks’ 71-game home winning streak. Dating back to 2020, South Carolina’s string of home victories was the fourth longest in Division I women’s basketball history.
“They had their way with us,” South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley said after the game. “There’s no trying to find a silver lining to it. We got beat. We got beat bad.”
Leading the beatdown was Husky guard Azzi Fudd, who notched a game-high 28 points while teammates Paige Bueckers and Sarah Strong each snagged double-doubles en route to UConn’s massive victory.
Despite dominating the Big East this season, UConn has struggled against non-conference foes, picking up losses against Notre Dame, USC, and, for the first time since 2007, Tennessee.
“We needed to prove that to ourselves, that we could never let up for 40 minutes,” Fudd said on Sunday.
“More than anything else, it was evident today that we played to win,” echoed UConn head coach Geno Auriemma.
