"Role model" Paige Bueckers shares adorable moment with her brother Drew after national championship win over South Carolina 

UConn star Paige Bueckers finished her college basketball career in style by winning the national championship on Sunday. The title was the 12th for the program and coach Geno Auriemma's first since 2016.

Bueckers was shot-shy, tallying 17 points in the Huskies' 82-59 win against the No. 1 seed South Carolina Gamecocks.

After cutting down the nets on Sunday evening, Bueckers shared a heartwarming moment with her little brother, Drew, who sat in the front row at the Alamodome. The Bueckers siblings shared an elaborate handshake before she light-heartedly pushed his head.

Before the national championship game, Drew shared a message for his sister on The Players' Tribune platform.

“Hi Paige, it's Drew. I just want to congratulate you on everything you did," he said. "Helping our family, making us proud, all the adversity you went through, and all the ups and downs. You’re such a great role model to me because you help people.

"You’re funny," Drew added. "You’re kind. And you’re always there for others. I love you so much. Good luck in the championship game. We love you, go Huskies.”

Drew and his father Bob were present Sunday evening as Paige signed off her college basketball career in styles .

Paige Bueckers comes from a diverse family

Drew Bueckers is Paige Bueckers's half-brother, born to Bob Bueckers and Moe Roberts in 2013. Bob was earlier married to the UConn star's mother, Amy Fuller. They got divorced a few years after Paige Bueckers was born.

Bob Bueckers was a point guard in high school, and he trained his daughter on the basics of basketball when she was younger. Amy Fuller was a track and field athlete for the University of St. Thomas. The Huskies star's mother is now married to Scott Fuller, with whom she has two children, Ryan and Lauren.

During the height of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, Bueckers posted a picture of Drew on her Instagram page while advocating for the cause with a powerful caption.

"At what point do they stop looking at my little brother as a cute little boy and instead as a threat to society? It scares me," Paige Bueckers wrote. "I’m going to work for change, little brother. I want you to grow up in a world that accepts you for who you are. I am committed to help making a change for the better. It’s time to step up and act in unity because WE ARE THE CHANGE."