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Paige Bueckers Sets Impressive UConn History in Career-High Scoring Game

Josh Wilson

Bueckers is heating up just when it matters most for UConn
Bueckers is heating up just when it matters most for UConn / David Butler II-Imagn Images
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With a trip to the Elite Eight on the line, Paige Bueckers and the UConn Huskies were up against their tallest task yet: The No. 3-seeded Oklahoma Sooners. Bueckers, leaving at the end of this year to go to the professional ranks, was ready for the moment, bringing her most lethal play yet.

Bueckers scored a career-high in scoring by the fourth-quarter, ultimately finishing with 40 points. Prior, her career high was 34 points.

She also set some school history, which is always impressive given the huge names that have played for the Huskies over the years. The highlight was that her final scoring line, 40 points, was an all-time Huskies high.

On top of that, Bueckers became the only UConn player with multiple 30-point games in the same tournament. She also became the UConn player with the most 25-point games in the NCAA Tournament (seven), passing Maya Moore according to Alexa Philippou of ESPN.

Most important? Dub secured. UConn advances to the Elite Eight and will face the winner of USC and Kansas State.

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JOSH WILSON

Josh Wilson is the news director of the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in 2024, he worked for FanSided in a variety of roles, most recently as senior managing editor of the brand’s flagship site. He has also served as a general manager of Sportscasting, the sports arm of a start-up sports media company, where he oversaw the site’s editorial and business strategy. Wilson has a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from SUNY Cortland and a master’s in accountancy from the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois. He loves a good nonfiction book and enjoys learning and practicing Polish. Wilson lives in Chicago but was raised in upstate New York. He spent most of his life in the Northeast and briefly lived in Poland, where he ate an unhealthy amount of pastries for six months.

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