UConn moves on to title game with 80-51 win

UConn moves on to title game with 80-51 win

Published Apr. 3, 2016 9:25 p.m. ET

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The Latest on the women's Final Four semifinals with Oregon State facing UConn in the first game and Washington taking on Syracuse in the second (all times local)

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8:05 p.m.

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Game 2:

Syracuse takes the floor first after UConn wraps up 80-51 victory over Oregon State. Now, the Pac-12 hopes rest solely in the hands of the Washington Huskies, the first No. 7 seed to reach the Final Four since Minnesota in 2004.

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Game 1 :

7:45 p.m.

UConn's Morgan Tuck has gone to the bench with 21 points, including four 3-pointers. Breanna Stewart also sat down after scoring 14 of her 16 points in the second half to help the Huskies build their lead to over 30 points. Sydney Weise leads Oregon State with 13 points.

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7:40 p.m.

The NCAA honored the silver-medal winning 1976 women's Olympic basketball team between the third and fourth quarters of the national semifinal between Oregon State and UConn.

The United States, which has won five straight Olympic gold medals in women's basketball, wasn't expected to do much 40 years ago in the program's Olympic debut.

With a budget of $500 and a credit card, the team qualified for the Olympics' round-robin tournament in Montreal. To the surprise of many, they managed to win a medal by beating Czechoslovakia in the final game, after trailing at halftime.

But those underdogs included players who would become some of the biggest names in the history of the sport, such as Pat Summitt, Nancy Lieberman and Ann Meyers.

Several members of the team, including Leiberman and Meyers, were at center court and received a rousing ovation.

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7:30 p.m.

UConn announced that freshman Katie Lou Samuelson has a broken bone in her left foot. Oregon State also picked up some bad news in the third quarter when star Jamie Weisner picked up her fourth foul just seven minutes into the second half. UConn leads 64-41 after three quarters.

7:10 p.m.

UConn freshman Katie Lou Samuelson did not start the second half and came out to the bench several minutes into the third quarter with a boot on her left foot. She had seven points and three rebounds in the first half.

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6:55 p.m.

UConn leads Oregon State 47-26 at halftime. The Beavers have nine field goals and 13 turnovers after 20 minutes. UConn has eight steals, including two each Gabby Williams, Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart. Stewart has just two points, but the rest of the Huskies have been picking up the slack. Morgan Tuck has 16 points to lead UConn and is 3 of 7 from behind the arc. Sydney Wiese has eight points and Jamie Weisner has seven to lead Oregon State.

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6:45 p.m.

The good news for Oregon State is that midway through the second quarter UConn star Breanna Stewart has no points and two fouls. The bad news is the Beavers are trailing by double digits. Stewart, who averages 19.3 points, has only taken one shot. She does have three rebounds. Oregon State's Sydney Wiese has eight points for the Ducks.

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6:30 p.m.

Breanna Stewart's early foul trouble didn't seem to hurt the Huskies. Morgan Tuck had 13 early points and UConn leads 26-17 after a quarter. The Huskies hit 10 of their 14 shots in the first 10 minutes. Tuck made five of her eight shots, including two 3-pointers.

Moriah Jefferson had two assists, passing Diana Taurasi to become UConn's all-time assist leader with 649.

The UConn lead could have been larger, but Katie Lou Samuelson picked up a foul at the first-quarter buzzer and Sydney Wiese, who was behind the 3-point line, sank all three foul shots.

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6:20 p.m.

UConn star Breanna Stewart picked up two quick fouls. She won the tip, but Morgan Tuck missed the first shot from the top of the key. Freshman Katie Lou Samuelson got the Huskies on the board first with a drive down the baseline for a layup. Kia Nurse then hit a 3-pointer, before Ruth Hamblin drew a foul on Stewart and got the Beavers on the board from the foul line.

Stewart picked up her second foul fighting through a screen on defense less than a minute later. Geno Auriemma left her in the game.

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6 p.m.

The officials for the first game are referee Brenda Pantoja, Joe Vasizly and Felicia Grinter. The standby official is Bob Scofield.

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5:45 p.m.

UConn freshman Katie Lou Samuelson was on the court warming up for the Huskies a day after she missed practice because she was under the weather.

She was listed in the starting lineup.

The Huskies have won 73 straight games and coach Geno Auriemma is two victories from winning a fourth consecutive national championship and a record 11th in his career, which would move him past UCLA men's coach John Wooden for the most all-time in college basketball.

Oregon State is making its first appearance in the Final Four. Not bad for a program that was in disarray six years ago.

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