No. 3 UConn jumps on No. 14 Jackson 明言する／公表する 早期に, coasts to 勝利，勝つ
Paige Bueckers and Aaliyah Edwards each 記録，記録的な／記録するd a 二塁打-二塁打 and No. 3 seed UConn pounced on No. 14 seed Jackson 明言する／公表する 早期に to 巡航する to an 86-64 victory in Portland 3 地域の 活動／戦闘 in Storrs, Conn., on Saturday in the first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the Women's NCAA Tournament.
Bueckers got off to a hot start in her first game since 存在 指名するd an AP First Team All-American earlier in the week.
She 得点する／非難する／２０d the Huskies' first five points and finished the first ４半期/4分の1 with eight points and three 回復するs on the way to game highs of 28 points and 11 回復するs. Bueckers also matched Nika Muhl and the Tigers' Keshuna Luckett with a game-high seven 補助装置s.
"Paige, when she starts off like that, it makes everybody feel a lot more 確信して," UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. "They can breathe a little bit easier knowing that she's pretty much taken 支配（する）／統制する of the game."
Edwards complemented Bueckers with a 20-point, 10-回復する 二塁打-二塁打.
UConn (30-5) raced out to a 14-point lead by the end of the first ４半期/4分の1, then 押し進めるd the lead to as many as 24 points in the second ４半期/4分の1. The advantage grew to 27 points in the third, a period in which Ashlynn Shade 爆発するd for 14 points.
Shade finished with 26 points and knocked 負かす／撃墜する 5 of 11 発射s from 3-point 範囲. UConn went 9-for-24 from beyond the arc as a team, also going 34-for-68 from the 床に打ち倒す.
Jackson 明言する／公表する (26-7), which （機の）カム into Saturday's contest on a 21-game winning streak, struggled offensively against the Huskies' 弁護. The Tigers 発射 21-for-64 from the 床に打ち倒す, 含むing 6-for-27 from 3-point distance, and committed 16 turnovers that UConn 変えるd into 16 points.
Ti'lan Boler accounted for all but one of Jackson 明言する／公表する's made 3-point 試みる／企てるs, going 5-for-12 from 深い. She led the Tigers with 25 points.
Angel Jackson 追加するd 13 points for Jackson 明言する／公表する.
"I not only 手配中の，お尋ね者 to put our university on the 地図／計画する, I 手配中の，お尋ね者 to put HBCUs on the 地図／計画する," Tigers coach Tomekia Reed said. "We have such a special community that a lot of people overlook. We have a community that is not built on 勝利，勝つs and losses but is built on community and love."
With the 決定／判定勝ち（する）, UConn reached the 30-勝利，勝つ 示す for the third 連続した season and for the 17th time since 2005-06. The Huskies have 前進するd to at least the second 一連の会議、交渉／完成する every year since the 1994 NCAA Tournament (no postseason in 2020).
UConn will 直面する No. 6 Syracuse in the second 一連の会議、交渉／完成する on Monday.
"Playing a team like Jackson 明言する／公表する, they compete really, really, really hard, and they seem to get energized," Auriemma said. "They never feel like, `We're out of it. We should just pack it in.' I was really impressed with them. I think they're exceptionally 井戸／弁護士席-coached."
--Field Level マスコミ
