9:40 pm
April 1

NCAAW Tournament: #2 Connecticut v. #1 Stanford

Who will WIN this matchup?

#2 Connecticut Huskies (29-5)

#1 Stanford Cardinal (32-3)

 

Current odds:

Connecticut Huskies: (+110)

Stanford Cardinal: (-130)

 

The line for this game is Stanford by 1.5 points.

Stanford knocked off Texas 59-50 in the team’s last outing on Sunday. Lexie Hull notched a team-high 20 points in the victory.

UConn earned a victory against NC State 91-87 in overtime in the team’s last outing on Monday, led by Paige Bueckers’ team-high 27 points.

Stanford heads into the matchup tallying 73.9 points per game, 19.3 more than the 54.6 UConn allows per contest. The Cardinal are 32-2 in games where they score over 55 points.

The Cardinal make 68.9 percent of their free throws as a team, the 10th-best mark in the Pac-12. Haley Jones hits 3.2 free throws per game to lead Stanford while knocking down 82 percent of her attempts at the line.

UConn has tallied 74.8 points per game this season while Stanford gives up 56.6 per contest. The Huskies are 28-4 when they put up more than 57 points.

In the 2021-22 campaign, the Huskies are averaging 18.1 assists and 13.8 turnovers per game. When UConn has a better assist-to-turnover ratio than its season mark of 1.31, the Huskies are 14-1.

Cameron Brink is the leader for Stanford in both scoring and rebounding with 13.4 points and 8.1 boards per game. Jones tacks on 12.9 points, 7.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists for the Cardinal, and Hull averages 12.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game.

Averaging 2.6 made three-pointers a contest, Hannah Jump is Stanford’s most prolific three-point shooter while knocking down 40 percent of her shots from beyond the arc.

Olivia Nelson-Ododa leads UConn in both rebounds and assists, grabbing 7.5 boards and dishing out 3.6 assists per game in addition to scoring 9.4. Christyn Williams leads the Huskies in scoring and averages 14.7 points and 1.5 steals per game.

UConn’s three-point shooting efforts are led by Azzi Fudd, who averages 2.5 made three-pointers per game while hitting 43 percent of her shots from downtown.

4/10
Confidence
StreakSmarter Pick
#2 Connecticut Huskies