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‘She’s fearless:’ Blanca Quinonez shines for UConn women’s basketball in March Madness debut
STORRS — Freshman moments are rare for UConn women’s basketball forward Blanca Quinonez, but she had one in the first NCAA Tournament game of her career Saturday at Gampel Pavilion. After Quinonez clanked a third 3-point jump shot in three minutes off the rim late in the first quarter against 16-seed Texas -San Antonio,
Sarah Strong has 12 points, Ashlynn Shade 11 and Blanca Quiñonez 10 as the Huskies have jumped out to big lead at the half. UConn has 24 points off 19 turnovers by UTSA. The Huskies are outscoring the Roadrunners 28-4 in the paint.
UConn sports are in a league of their own, as men's and women's basketball and hockey have made the NCAA Tournament.
STORRS — Junior guard Ashlynn Shade scored the 1,000th point of her UConn women’s basketball career on a quintessential Ashlynn Shade play. Late in the second quarter of the No. 1 Huskies’ first-round NCAA Tournament game against 16-seed Texas -San Antonio on Saturday,
Odds for each team to advance through the bracket and to win the 2026 women's college basketball championship.
The dream of a perfect bracket is almost over on the women’s side too. After starting the day with a dozen undefeated Yahoo Sports users, all but one of the remaining NCAA tournament brackets were eliminated just two games into the back half of the second round on Monday.