In Saturday afternoon’s matchup against the No. 1 ranked Connecticut Huskies, SMU forward Alicia Froling drove the ball straight up the floor for an easy layup and the Mustangs’ first points of the day. That bucket came with 2:06 remaining in the first quarter. The score? UConn 21, SMU 2.
That deficit was the game in a nutshell. While the Mustangs would battle back to cut UConn’s lead to 15 in the second quarter, the underpowered SMU squad could do little to change the lopsided affair – little to change the inertia of a Huskies team on a date with destiny.