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Bueckers carries No. 2 UConn past No. 1 South Carolina in OT
Paige Bueckers scored 31 points, including her team s final 13, to lead No. 2 UConn to a 63-59 overtime victory Monday over top-ranked South Carolina. Two of Canada Basketball’s rising stars went head-to-head on Monday, Aaliyah Edwards scored eight points and added five rebounds for the victorious Huskies, while Laeticia Amihere had four points and two rebounds for the Gamecocks.
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Paige Bueckers scored 31 points, including her team s final 13, to lead No. 2 UConn to a 63-59 overtime victory Monday over top-ranked South Carolina.
The freshman scored all of the Huskies nine points in overtime, including a 3-pointer that bounced high off the back of the rim before dropping in to give the Huskies (14-1) the four-point margin with 10 seconds left.
WHEN: Monday at 4 p.m. MST
WHERE: Desert Financial Arena • Tempe, Ariz.
RADIO: 1440 AM KAZG
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After having its games at Oregon and at Oregon State postponed due to COVID-19 protocol with both schools, the Sun Devil women s basketball team (8-6, 4-6 Pac-12) resumes play on Monday (4 p.m. MST) when it hosts Southern Utah (8-4, 3-2 Big Sky) in a non-conference game that was announced on Saturday.
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Monday s game can be seen via ASU Live Stream. It can also be heard on KAZG 1440 AM. Radio coverage will start at 3:30 p.m. Veteran broadcaster and the state of Arizona s 2010 & 2019 Broadcaster of the Year Jeff Munn is in his 17th season as the voice of ASU women s basketball.
The winner of the qualifier has been drawn into Group A for the Tokyo Olympics, which includes the powerhouse United States. The men’s and women’s draw ceremonies for the Tokyo Games hoops tournaments were held Tuesday in Mies, Switzerland. The other men’s qualifying tournaments are taking place in Split, Croatia, Kaunas, Lithuania, and Belgrade, Serbia. The winner of each tournament will take the final four berths into the Tokyo Olympics. Canada, Greece, China, Uruguay, Czech Republic and Turkey will battle on Blanshard for the Olympic berth out of the Victoria qualifier. NBA players whose teams are not among the four conference finalists should be available for their national teams for the qualifiers. That makes host Canada, with the deepest pool of NBA talent in the Victoria qualifier, the favourite to advance off the Island into Group A of the Tokyo Olympic tournament.
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For the first time in more than a month, the Sun Devil women s basketball team will be going on the road when it travels to Los Angeles this weekend for games at No. 5 UCLA (Friday at 6 p.m. PST/7 p.m. MST) and at USC (Sunday at 1 p.m. PST/2 p.m. MST).
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Friday s game can be seen on Pac-12 Network/Arizona/Los Angeles (Brian Webber/Monique Billings). It can also be heard on KDUS 1060 AM. Coverage will start at 6:30 p.m. MST. Veteran broadcaster and the state of Arizona s 2010 & 2019 Broadcaster of the Year Jeff Munn is in his 17th season as the voice of ASU women s basketball. He will be joined by former Sun Devil head coach Maura McHugh.