South Carolina takes on Texas, and UConn faces UCLA for a trip to the women's NCAA national championship game on Sunday.
Dina Gouda and Ehab El Alfy, the parents of UConn women's basketball star Jana El Alfy, gave an amazing interview on the experience of watching their daughter play in the Final Four.
The Huskies have now won 15 straight games, all of them by double digits, and will play for a national championship on Sunday.
While the men’s team in Hollywood has a long and storied history, this is actually the first time the women’s team at UCLA has made it to the Final Four. After a dominant regular season that saw the team win the Big Ten title, the Bruins have shown they have what it takes to be title contenders in wins over Ole Miss and LSU.
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UConn has advanced to the national championship game for the first time since 2022 and the 13th time overall after dominating No. 1 overall seed UCLA 85-51 in the Final Four. The Huskies will face defending national champion South Carolina in the final on Sunday.
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Lauren Betts scores 26 points to lead the top-seeded Bruins, who trail by 22 at halftime in an 85-51 thrashing by the second-seeded Huskies, who will face South Carolina for the title.
Betts, who was named the Naismith Women's Defensive Player of the Year on Wednesday, is coming off a strong defensive performance inside the paint in the Elite Eight against LSU, when she finished with seven rebounds and a career-high six blocks.