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Women's Basketball
UW-Oshkosh (Ex.)
Iowa State University Athletics
Sunday, March 28
Dayton, Ohio
11:00 AM
Iowa State University
25-8
36
vs
74
Connecticut (NCAA Regional Semifinal)
36-0
1
2
F
Iowa State
14
22
36
Connecticut
42
32
74
Iowa State?s Season Ends With Loss To Connecticut
03.28.2010 | Women's Basketball
DAYTON, Ohio - Maya Moore scored 25 points and top-ranked Connecticut made 11 3-pointers to defeat Iowa State, 74-36, Sunday afternoon in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Championships at UD Arena. The Cyclones, who were picked to finish seventh in the Big 12's preseason poll, finish the season with a 25-8 record.
"That is the best team I have coached against," Iowa State head coach Bill Fennelly said. "They have a great economy of motion. They are always in the right place at the right time."
The Huskies hit 11-of-26 (42.3 percent) of their shots from behind the arc and 39.4 percent (26-66) total from the field in the win. ISU shot just 28.3 percent (15-53) in the loss.
"Connecticut is a great team, but the reality is that we had open shots and didn't hit them," Fennelly said. "The only way we were going to be able to stay with this team was to make the open shots when we had them and we didn't. UConn is not going to let up because you aren't hitting shots."
UConn (36-0) did what it has done so many times during its current 75-game winning streak, jumping out to a quick double-digit lead and never looking back.
The Huskies followed the lead of their star player Moore, who tallied 16 points in nine minutes in the opening half. Moore scored 13 of Connecticut's first 17 points en route to a 42-14 lead at the break.
UConn shot 42.1 percent (16-38) from the field, including 50 percent (7-14) from behind the arc in the opening period. ISU, meanwhile, struggled, connecting on just 23.1 percent (6-26) shots to total its lowest first-half output of the season.
Alison Lacey finished with a team-high seven points in the first half.
The second half proved to be just as much of a struggle for the Cyclones as UConn stormed out of the gates, scoring 23 of the first 30 points of the half to extend its already comfortable cushion.
The loss wraps up the career of Iowa State's senior class of Lacey, Denae Stuckey, Genesis Lightbourne, Shellie Mossman and Anna Florzak. The class goes down as the third-winningest class in school history with 99 career victories.
Lacey finished with nine points in the game and 1,620 in her career, which ranks sixth all-time at ISU.
Freshman Anna Prins led the Cyclones with 10 points. Chelsea Poppens, also a freshman, finished with eight points and eight rebounds.
Kelly Faris scored 16 points off the bench and Tina Charles added 16 points and seven rebounds for the Huskies, who out rebounded the Cyclones, 47-32.
Team Stats
ISU
UCONN
FG%
.283
.394
3FG%
.240
.423
FT%
.000
.846
RB
32
47
TO
18
9
STL
3
7
Game Leaders
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
8
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
3
FGM
1
3FGM
1
FTM
0
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