UConn women's basketball star Paige Bueckers etched her name in the program's all-time scorers list after her sensational performance against Oklahoma in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 matc

Bueckers got back plenty in that game for herself and her teammates, smoothed over the rough patches and was the player who, whenever Auriemma was too deep into the team’s mistakes, could draw him back.

Paige Bueckers knows how to throw a going-away party. A day after confirming she’ll enter next month’s WNBA draft, where she is all but guaranteed to be the No. 1 pick, Bueckers dropped a career-high 40 points on Oklahoma on Saturday and sent UConn into the Elite Eight for the fourth time in her career.

Though it’s easy in Connecticut to see UConn women’s basketball as “star-crossed” in the recent years, with all the injuries and excruciating losses in March Madness, the outside world sees the Huskies as star-studded.

Diana Taurasi. Sue Bird. Maya Moore. Tina Charles. Breanna Stewart. Napheesa Collier. And so many more great UConn Huskies in the last 25 years. Paige Bueckers stands alone. We can call her Paige Buckets,

Stars seemed to have aligned for Paige Bueckers when she announced she wasn't done with UConn just yet last spring. The post Paige Bueckers Threatens Caitlin Clark’s NCAA Tournament Record With Her Career High Sweet 16 Performance appeared first on EssentiallySports.