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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5047275, member: 12088"] Yup, this was a close game and I'd even call it an upset. That was SC's year, I thought. They were the top contender for the NC and were again only edged out in the Final Four by a missed Boston putback against Stanford. This was their curse that year. The other thing I remember from that game was that [B]SC had no answer for Paige[/B]. She scored [B]31[/B] pts with [B]6[/B] steals and [B]5[/B] assists, and scored the last [B]13[/B] points to put UConn over the top. This despite SC being one of the best defenses that season and with Beal assigned to face guard Paige for almost the entire game, and she was no slouch on defense. I think this also showed that the team Geno put around her, talented and athletic as they were, depended on her too much. I think Geno understood this and that's why he kept encouraging to be willing to score 30+ pts in all the tough games. He knew she'd have to carry a larger load. [/QUOTE]