UConn's first-round NCAA tournament win flexed its sneaky freshman X-factor, Blanca Quiñonez: 'She's kind of fearless'
Amid the embarrassment of riches that is a Connecticut Huskies program back to full strength is a Big East Freshman and Sixth Player of the Year poised to serve as the undefeated squad’s X-factor.
Amid the embarrassment of riches that is a full-strength Connecticut Huskies program is a Big East Freshman and Sixth Player of the Year poised to serve as the undefeated squad’s X-factor. Blanca Quiñonez stepped up and onto the radar in an NCAA tournament first-round game that head coach Geno Auriemma described as “kind of wonky” to start. The Huskies didn’t step on the gas until late in the second quarter with key buckets from Quiñonez, but the No.
1 overall seed eventually raced out to a 90-52 win over No. 16 UTSA at home on Saturday. It trailed No.
1 seed South Carolina’s record 69-point dismantling of No. 16 Southern, and No. 1 Texas’ 42-point win over Missouri State on Friday.
UCLA, seeded No. 1 behind UConn, plays at 10 p. m.
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