The UCLA Bruins have made history by clinching their first-ever NCAA Women’s Basketball championship after dominating the South Carolina Gamecocks 79-51 at the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, Ariz. earlier today.
While the Big Ten Conference team had never won the title since the student athletics organization adopted women’s basketball as an official sport in 1982, the Bruins’ win was decisive, as they took on a 36-23 lead at halftime. The Bruins are the first new champions of the NCAA era following South Carolina’s inaugural win in 2017.
The favored-to-win Gamecocks struggled to gel offensively and defensively as they looked to win their fourth title. UCLA previously showed the longest odds to win the tournament coming into the Final Four. Last season, the Bruins had advanced to their first Final Four, where they were beat out by eventual champion, the UConn Huskies.
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