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UConn women s basketball star Paige Bueckers became the first freshman to win the USBWA s Ann Meyers Drysdale Award as national player of the year. Bueckers, from Hopkins High, also has won the Naismith Trophy and Associated Press player of the year award.
The 5-11 Bueckers averaged 20 points per game, and averaged 21.6 points in the Huskies run to the Final Four. UConn (28-2) fell to No. 3 seed Arizona in the national semifinals.
DenHartog lifts Gophers
Amber Fiser and Autume Pease combined on a three-hitter, and Natalie DenHartog s two-run homer was the key hit for the Gophers in a 2-1 softball victory over Purdue on Sunday at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium.