Together, UConn’s Paige Bueckers and Arizona’s Aari McDonald are two of the most dynamic scorers in the country heading into their Friday night clash in the women’s NCAA Tournament Final Four. Before the season began, UConn coach Geno Auriemma considered bringing her off the bench just to ease her into the role. Bueckers led the Huskies (28-1) in scoring, assists and steals this season and scored 28 points in their 69-67 regional final win over Baylor. McDonald sat out the 2017-2018 season and watched at Arizona won just six games. UConn won 74-57, but Auriemma remembers Barnes, who was the conference player of the year that season, as an "impossible matchup."

Source: Fox News April 01, 2021 22:30 UTC