Dina Gouda and Ehab El Alfy, the parents of UConn women's basketball star Jana El Alfy, gave an amazing interview on the experience of watching their daughter play in the Final Four.

South Carolina takes on Texas, and UConn faces UCLA for a trip to the women's NCAA national championship game on Sunday.

Sarah Strong and Azzi Fudd were sensational. The freshman put up 22 points and eight rebounds in her Final Four debut while Fudd dropped 19 points — all of which came in the first half. Paige Bueckers finished with 16 points despite an uncharacteristic 7-17 effort from the field.

The Huskies face the NCAA Tournament's top overall team, UCLA, while No. 1 seeds Texas and South Carolina square off in the earlier matchup.

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It was all Huskies all night, as UConn could not be denied on Friday. Geno Auriemma’s team fired on all cylinders from the opening tip to the final whistle.

Paige Bueckers became the fourth UConn women's basketball point guard to win the Nancy Lieberman Award multiple times. She also won the honor in 2021