The Idaho women's basketball team will make its second NCAA Tournament appearance when the 16th-seeded Vandals take on No. 1-seed Connecticut in the first round of the Bridgeport Regional at 1:30 p.m. (ET) Saturday at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Ct. The game will air on ESPN2.
The Vandals (17-15) are making their second appearance in the NCAA Tournament and first since 1985. Idaho is coming off its first-ever WAC Tournament title win, a 67-64 victory over top-seeded Seattle U Saturday in Las Vegas. The Vandals finished third in the WAC regular-season standings.
Idaho is led by two-time first team All-WAC selection Alyssa Charlston, who averages 13.7 points and 7.0 rebounds per game. WAC Tournament MVP Stacey Barr adds 10.8 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.
UConn (29-5) is led by Stefanie Dolson and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, both of whom are finalists for the Wooden Award, given to the nation's best player. Dolson averages 14.4 points and 7.0 rebounds, while Mosqueda-Lewis averages 17.4 points and 6.5 rebounds per game.
The winner of the Idaho-UConn game will play the winner of the No. 8 Vanderbilt/No. 9 Saint Joseph's game on Monday.
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