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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Game 1 :
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.
