Monday night’s NCAA Big East basketball final saw No. 3 UConn lift their fifth straight trophy, winning the conference tournament title with a 70-50 defeat of No. 22 Creighton.
Star senior Paige Bueckers led the Huskies’ charge, finishing with 24 points, eight rebounds, three assists, and a pair each of blocks and steals.
Freshman Sarah Strong also showed out with her third straight double-double, registering 13 points, 11 rebounds, four assists, six steals, and three blocks.
Notably, Bueckers made UConn history with the win, exiting her college career with a perfect 66-0 conference record and becoming the first-ever Husky to win three Most Outstanding Player awards at the Big East tournament in the process.
“For her to be able to constantly come up with these kind of performances, time and time again, she just has that thing that those kinds of players have,” said UConn head coach Geno Auriemma after the game.
UConn now holds a record 30 conference tournament titles — eight more than any other Division I program.
“We have a belief system in our program that this is the expectation,” explained Auriemma. “I truly believe that the higher you set expectations, the closer you get to achieving…
