UConn Women Grind Past Rutgers

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In the fall of 2005 we had lots of rain. Many areas had severe washouts. This one is just down the road from me. A natural depression in the road that went over a small brook, it frequently flooded. This time it did more than that.

Another UConn win - barely
It was a basketball game fraught with terror for Lady Husky fans as it looked like the Rutger’s Scarlet Knights would eliminate UConn from the NCAA tournament. Maya Moore was face guarded most of the night—her team mates unable to get her the ball. The first few touches she did have yielded only 2 points. The Lady Knights were all over UConn like a blanket, smothering every move UConn made. And that is the reason UConn won the game.

Toward the end, Rutgers was exhausted. They could no longer contain UConn. Maya slipped around a screen set for her and fired off one of her effortless three pointers. She ended the night with only seven points. Ketia Swanier and Renee Montgomery had 15 points each.

UConn gets the win: 66 to 56 in a hard fought game. The score does not even begin to tell the story of that game!

The Huskies play Stanford on Sunday in the Final Four. Tennessee goes up against LSU. The winners of the Final Four go head to head for the championship. Everyone says it’s going to be UConn vs. Tennessee. It would be the game everyone has been waiting for all season.