Arizona Wildcats Players celebrate their win over the Connecticut Huskies in the semifinals of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament at Alamodome on April 2, 2021 in San Antonio, Texas. /Photo by Justin Tafoya/Daily Wildcat
By Rachel Gossen | AzSports
The No. 3 seed Arizona Wildcats toppled No. 1 seed UConn 69-59 Friday night to bring the team to its first ever trip to the women’s NCAA Tournament championship game.
Aari McDonald scored 26 points in the win. It was the Pac-12 player of the year’s 92nd straight game scoring more than 10 points.
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As she has done throughout the tournament, McDonald did it all for the Wildcats with slashing drives, pinpoint shooting from long range and a defensive intensity that kept UConn in check.
Arizona will now face No. 1 seed Stanford in a fight for the national title on Sunday.
“We just believed,” McDonald said. “It was that grit. We didn’t want to go home once again, and we’re proving it.”
