Paige Bueckers was in action as No. 2 UConn defeated unranked Holy Cross 82-52 at Gampel Pavilion Tuesday. The Huskies overcame an underwhelming first quarter to outscore the Crusaders by over 30 points in the final 20 minutes.
Bueckers was not in her best form, but she did pull off a memorable move when she made a no-look pass to teammate Kk Arnold for an assist.
"Paige Bueckers no-look pass to Kk Arnold," the post was captioned.
Fans took to the comment section to share their opinions on Bueckers' move.
"She was ready for the league last year, she’s grown in basketball playing with kids," one fan wrote.
"Holy Cross needed a prayer on that one🙌🔥," another fan wrote.
"DT your lil sister out here showin out!😂", another fan wrote.
Geno Auriemma unhappy with Bueckers, UConn players in showdown vs. Holy Cross
UConn coach Geno Auriemma was not satisfied with the players' performance against the unranked visitors and made that known in the postgame news conference.
"We're a very immature team, so we can't... it's hard for us to sustain something for four quarters," Auriemma said, per SNY. "So we're going to have to be a lot better at that."
UConn made a slow start to the game, missing 10 of their first 11 shots to fall behind Holy Cross 10-6. The Huskies rallied and managed to close the first quarter with a one-point lead. The second quarter was not much better as Auriemma's team gave up a 17-point lead to end the first half with just a 33-27 advantage.
“The effort’s been really, really bad,” he said during halftime. “I’m shocked we’re winning. I think the wrong team’s ahead at halftime.”
The second half was much different. UConn burst out to 16-point lead never looked back. Sarah Strong carried the team for most of the half and finished with a career-high of 22 points on 9-12 shooting and seven rebounds.
The Huskies face their toughest test yet when they take the court next against JuJu Watkins' USC on Dec. 21.
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