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[QUOTE="CocoHusky, post: 2370055, member: 5823"]
You have managed to cover an urban legend (UCONN almost lost to Maryland)-and a pet peeve  (Chong basket desperately needed)  in only two sentence.  
The Maryland game started out 7 to 0 for UCONN and the lead  grew  to 19 (twice) early in the 3 quarter.  At the end of the third quarter UCONN was up 15. Slocum to her credit hit 3  from the parking lot in the last 5 minutes of the game to stem a UCONN rout.   
Saniya's basket within the last minute of the game stretched the lead from 6 to 9 points.  So why is this a pet peeve?   Because the lead had shrunk to as much as 5 points and UCONN had 3 other players who made multiple clutch baskets with UCONN holding a smaller lead than when Saniya hit her basket.   Napheesa hit three baskets and KLS and Gabby hit two apiece.    
The MD game should be remembered as the Game KLS grew up big time.  KLS was ailing but spectacular and versatile.  She hit the three ball, but that was always in her arsenal.  She drove and finished contested shots at the basket with either hand.  She hit the pull up heavily contested jumper.   She rebounded,  passed the ball like a daemon, guarded Slocum on the perimeter,  drew a charge,  and drew two fouls on MD (Jones & Slocum) in the last 5 mins.
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