GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Connecticut 78, Duke 50
By SEAN HIGHKIN
Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. - Lou Lopez-Senechal scored 23 points and No. 3 UConn routed Duke 78-50 in the semifinal round of the Phil Knight Legacy tournament.
Aaliyah Edwards added 15 points and 11 rebounds and Azzi Fudd scored 14 points to help the Huskies (4-0) remain undefeated on the season.
Shaeyann Day-Wilson led the Blue Devils (5-1) with 15 points, and Elizabeth Balogun contributed 14 off the bench.
The Huskies built up a 41-29 halftime lead behind 13 points from Lopez-Senechal, who knocked down three 3-pointers during the opening two periods.
UConn only added to the lead in the second half, holding as much as a 30-point advantage over Duke as the half progressed.
The Huskies shot the lights out from 3-point range, shooting 46.2% on 13 attempts. All six of their 3-point makes came from Lopez-Senechal, who made four, and Fudd, who hit two.
The Blue Devils shot just 33.3% from the field as a team on the night and turned the ball over 14 times while committing 18 personal fouls to UConn's 11.
BIG PICTURE
UConn: With a dominant performance across the board, the Huskies remained undefeated and proved they're more than worthy of their top-3 ranking as they advanced to the PKL championship game.
Duke: The Blue Devils picked up their first loss of the season in dispiriting fashion, unable to keep up with the Huskies' shooting.
November 25, 2022
| UConn | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Edwards | F | 22 | 6-8 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 3-11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| N. Muhl | G | 36 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 0-2 | 1-6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| L. Lopez Senechal | G | 35 | 8-13 | 3-3 | 4-5 | 0-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| A. Fudd | G | 33 | 6-13 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| A. Griffin | G | 32 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| C. Ducharme | 23 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| A. Patterson | 12 | 1-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| I. Bettencourt | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| A. DeBerry | 3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 28-55 (.509) |
16-20 (.800) |
6-13 (.462) |
10-42 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 78 | |
| Duke | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| K. Brown | F | 28 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| C. Taylor | G | 36 | 2-14 | 0-0 | 0-5 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| S. Day-Wilson | G | 26 | 6-14 | 2-4 | 3-7 | 0-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| J. Oliver | G | 15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| L. Volker | G | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| E. Balogun | 30 | 5-12 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | |
| A. Jackson | 19 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| M. Heide | 12 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| V. de Jesus | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| R. Richardson | 11 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 199 | 19-58 (.328) |
6-10 (.600) |
6-24 (.250) |
7-26 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 50 | |
Officials: Brenda Pantoja, Tyler Trimble, Katie Lukanich
