Destanni Henderson scored a career-high in leading the Gamecocks, who dominated the offensive boards. Dawn Staley's group was No. 1 wire-to-wire.
South Carolina captured its second national championship in a largely dominant display Sunday night, leaving no doubt that the Gamecocks were the best team in women's college basketball this season. culminated in a 64-49 victory over the No. 2 seed Connecticut Huskies in the national title game.
On the other side, 2021 player of the year Paige Bueckers had a tougher go of things. She still finished with 14 points playing in her home state of Minnesota, but she had to really work for it thanks to a strong defensive effort by South Carolina. She was held scoreless in the first quarter before scoring nine in the second frame.
South Carolina reasserted itself coming out of halftime, though, going on an 8-0 run to build the lead back to 16 points. But once again, the Huskies fought back. UConn went on a 10-0 run of its own to cut the deficit to six points before South Carolina scored the final three points of the quarter to take a nine-point lead into the fourth.
Incredibly, this is the first national championship game that Auriemma has lost as UConn's head coach. He entered Sunday 11-0 in the title game. UConn last won the title in 2016.
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