2014–15 UConn Huskies women's basketball team
The Huskies, led by thirtieth-year head coach Geno Auriemma, played their home games at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut.The official events were held in Klatovy and Plzeň, Czech Republic, although some friendlies were played in Nogent-sur-Seine, France.[3] Samuelson, along with future Huskies teammates De'janae Boykin and Napheesa Collier, made up three of the four players on the U18 3x3 team invited to play at the Youth Olympic Games, held in Nanjing, China 16–28 August 2014.[4] Samuelson competed in the shoot out event, one of the individuals skills competition, placing third out of 158 contestants to win the bronze medal.[6] The team went on to win all five games, earning the gold medal for the event, and an automatic bid to the U18 Championships in 2015, scheduled to be held in Russia.[9] The United States women's national basketball team participated in the 2014 FIBA World Championship in Turkey.Auriemma served as the head coach of the team, which won all six games to win the World Championship and the gold medal.[19] Roster Last update: 2014-09-07 UConn opened their season with an exhibition game against West Chester University, the alma mater of head coach Geno Auriemma.[21] For the first time in 15 year, the Huskies opened their season on the road, playing their first game in California, the home state of Mosqueda-Lewis.She gave them plenty to cheer about, tying the school record for three-pointers made in a game with Maya Moore.[29] Saddled with early fouls, the Huskies needed to look for offence beyond reigning national player of the year Stewart, and once again Nurse and Tuck stepped up, each scoring 16 points, and probably securing their position in the starting line-up.Nurse's 16 points, coupled with her results in the first two games, were enough to earn her the Most Valuable Player of the Gulf Coast Showcase Tournament.Kiah scored ten points and recorded her tenth rebound with a minute to go to give her father his Christmas gift.[35] UConn played the conference opener against Southern Methodist University, but the story was more about other issues than the game result, which was won easily by the Huskies 96–45.Mosqueda-Lewis hit three three-pointers to reach a career total of 311, tying her with Maya Moore for second place among UConn players.Recently she tied, and now has pulled ahead of Diana Taurasi previously the holder of the record for three-pointers by a UConn women's basketball player.[44] South Florida is in second place in the American Conference, and came to Connecticut knowing they were underdogs, but believing they could compete.[45] UConn traveled to Orlando to take on the Central Florida Knights, the only scheduled regular season meeting of the two teams.Mosqueda-Lewis hit all four of her field goals attempts in the first half, two of which were outside the three-point line on her way to 19 points for the game, which moved her ahead of Svetlana Abrosimova into tenth place on the all-time UConn scoring list.The story line of the game wasn't the result, which the Huskies won easily 87–32, but a rare triple-double for a UConn player.Kiah Stokes was close to a triple double when assistant coach Maria Moseley urged her to get another block, a rebound, and some points.The win represented the 800th game without back-to-back losses, a steak which extends back to 1993, before any of the current team members were born.Before the game, the seniors and their families were honored by the coaching staff and fans, walking out to hold aloft their framed jerseys, and get one more cheer from the crowd.Mosqueda-Lewis scored 23 points to lead the Huskies to their second undefeated run through the American Athletic conference regular and post-season schedule.However, the talent of the Huskies proved to be too much, as the UConn team hit over 70% of their shots, with Tuck scoring on 12 of her 13 attempts leading to a career-high 26 points.Early in the second half, the lead would stretch to 32, and the Huskies would go on to win and earn their 22nd consecutive trip to the Sweet 16.Auriemma told his team at halftime “We’re going to play even better than that…Whatever that is, we’re going to find another gear in the second half.” However, the Huskies were leading by 28 points, 52–24, against Texas at the time of his prediction.Stewart scored 25, as Auriemma felt the Huskies had a post advantage against the guard-oriented Terrapins, so sought to push the ball inside.[67] The Huskies defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, to win their third consecutive NCAA championship.Coach Auriemma tied a record set by John Wooden by winning ten NCAA national championships.
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