It’s not like this year’s UConn’s women’s basketball team needs any help winning as it cruises through the early rounds of the NCAA tournament. But in Monday’s blowout victory against Syracuse, a nail filer unexpectedly came to the rescue.
In what was UConn star guard Azzi Fudd’s last-ever game in Gampel Pavilion, she made her minutes count. The projected No. 1 pick of the 2026 WNBA draft led her team to a 98-45 rout of the No. 9 Orange, finishing with a career-high 34 points and career-best eight three-pointers. By halftime, Fudd had more than twice as many as Syracuse’s points (26 to 12), and the reigning champs had stomped ahead to a 65-12 lead, good for the second-largest halftime winning margin in NCAA history.
