Regional Final Notes

March 29, 2011

2011 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball East Regional Final Notes
Liacouras Center- Temple University- Philadelphia, Pa.
March 29, 2011

#1 Seed University of Connecticut Huskies vs. #2 Seed Duke University Blue Devils

UConn reaches their fourth-straight Final Four, 12th in program history. The Huskies will face the University of Notre Dame, who defeated Tennessee by a score of 73-59, on Sunday (4/3) in Indianapolis.
The Huskies have beaten UND three times this season (11 pt average), most recently in the Big East Championship game (73-64) on March 8, 2011.
Philly love: UConn head coach Geno Auriemma (Norristown, PA native) will face Notre Dame's Muffett McGraw (Pottsville, PA native) in the Final Four.
Coach McGraw was a four-year starter at St. Joseph's University (Philadelphia), where UConn's Coach Auriemma's son Mike Auriemma played basketball.
UConn's Maya Moore becomes only the seventh women's player to EVER hit 3,000 career points in NCAA Division I after scoring 28 points tonight. She becomes the first player to reach this milestone since Missouri State's Jackie Stiles did in 2001.
Four UConn starters scored in double figures - Moore (28), Hartley (14), Dolson (12) and Hayes (11). Jasmine Thomas led all Duke scorers with 17 points.
All-American face-off tonight: 4x winner UConn's Maya Moore (only the second player ever to earn the honor all four years), 2x Duke's Jasmine Thomas
At halftime tonight, UConn led 30-20 as compared to the last time the two teams met whereas Duke trailed by 26 (41-15).
In their last meeting (1-31-11), UConn held Duke's Karima Christmas to just five points and seven rebounds, while UConn's Maya Moore notched 29 points and nine boards.
UConn improves to 7-3 against Duke, having won the last four-straight meetings.
The Big East leads the ACC overall this season 14-6 (including post-season contests)
NCAA East All-Region Team: tonight Duke's Jasmine Thomas and Christmas were named to the All-Region team, while UConn's Hartley, Dixon and Moore made the cut.
Jasmine Thomas led all Duke scorers with 17 points.
Duke finishes the season 2-2 vs. Big East opponents.
Duke's 20 second-half points is their lowest second-stanza output this season.
Duke goes to 4-5 in Elite Eight games in program history.

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