On the call at the end of the first half, where Cuevas drove into Stewie near the baseline, the original call was a charge on Cuevas, but during the timeout it was changed to a simple out-of-bounds call on Cuevas with no foul, but with UConn possession. I thought that was a make-up situation -- there was enough contact on the play that there had to be a foul call against either Stewie or Cuevas. I thought Stewie was late (still moving) and it should have been a block. You could argue that Cuevas lowered her shoulder, but I did not see that distinctly on replay. I think the SC fans had a case on that one.
But early in the second half, there was a bogus offensive foul call on KML when she went to set a screen for Stewie. I thought (both live and on replay) that she had clearly stopped her motion before contact, so it was a good screen. It was the same play that Stewie had scored on at the end of the first half, and it would have worked that time for another layup if the call had not been made.
I agree that in general, despite the inevitable questionable calls, the referees did not have a significant impact on the game or on the margin of victory.
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