The legend of Paige Bueckers wrote its greatest chapter yet on Monday night, shining on as bright as the stage can be this time of year in women’s basketball.
Through 36 minutes, the battle between top-ranked South Carolina and second-ranked UConn was everything one would expect in a showdown of top teams, with the two squads tied at 50 and heading down the home stretch. But it was then that the experienced Gamecocks kicked it up to another notch, showing why there’s a No. 1 next to their name and possessing a four-point advantage with just two minutes left in Storrs.