Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, who had been struggling with her shooting, scored a team high 23 points, helping to lead the team to an 80–38 final score.In the quarterfinals, second seeded St. Johns beat Louisville in Overtime 68–61.Neither semifinal game was close.
The Huskies lit up their competition from outside, setting an NCAA tournament record with 47 3-pointers in six games.UConn's 22-point margin of victory was the second-largest ever for a championship game.Maya Moore's single-season scoring record finished at 754 points, while Renee Montgomery finished her career sixth all-time on UConn's scoring list with 1,990 points. The official 2011-12 Women's Basketball Roster for the University of Idaho Vandals
"I think our character came out the most when they cut it to two," Taurasi said. G 10 Notre Dame won by seven points on their home court, then won by twenty points at the XL Center in Hartford.UConn responded with a nine-point victory in the Big East championship game.
They completed a seven-season tenure in the Big East Conference.. The UConn team won 79–60, but the contest featured many fouls—there were a total of 36 fouls called on both teams.
Bria Hartley would lead all scorers with 20 points, while Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis had a double-double in points and rebounds off the bench. "The fact that I tied Pat Summitt's record puts you in the category of the greatest women's basketball coach that's ever lived.
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The game featured the return of Caroline Doty, who missed the entire previous season due to injury. Caroline Doty grabbed the ball, and, with her back to her own basket and closely covered, leapt and spun to heave the ball to a streaking Faris, who had to be fouled hard to prevent a score.