The Ducks hung tough with the tournament’s No. 1 overall seed, but they couldn’t match the Bears in the final moments.
By Ava Wallace Ava Wallace Reporter covering local colleges and universities Email Bio Follow April 5 at 9:28 PM TAMPA — In the rush to find something — anything — to nitpick about the most dominant team in women’s college basketball this season, a concern emerged among pundits in the days leading up to the Final Four that the Baylor Bears had not proved themselves in enough tight games, of all things.
The Bears will play for their third crown under Mulkey, their 19th-year coach whose teams cut down the nets in 2005 and 2012. Their nation-leading winning streak sits at 28, with their lone loss in December at Stanford.In a thrilling Final Four opener, Satou Sabally tied the score at 67 with Oregon’s 12th three-pointer, but that was the Ducks’ last basket of a remarkable season in which Coach Kelly Graves’s roster crashed through to the Final Four for the first time in program history.
“The feeling is unreal,” Brown said. “I’m still in shock. I’m overwhelmed. I’m just happy to be a part of this team right now.” The Bears started off with three turnovers in the first five minutes, and Oregon took advantage. Boley hit two three-pointers to give Oregon an 11-4 edge before Mulkey subbed in 6-foot-2 NaLyssa Smith to give the already imposing Baylor lineup even more size.
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