Tina Charles led five UCONN Huskies in double figures to help UCONN defeat the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix by the final score of 94-70 to advance to the Sweet 16 in Fresno, CA. Charles had 22 points and 7 rebounds while Mel Thomas added 21 points. Renee Montgomery, Charde Houston, and Kalana Greene rounded out the Huskies in double-figures with 16 points each. Natalie Berglin led all scorers and the Phoenix with 28 points on 6 of 9 shooting from 3 point land. Her teammate Nicole Soulis chipped in 14 points as well.
The loss ended a 26 game winning streak for UW-Green Bay. Their last loss came to DePaul back on November 29, 2006.
It was a tale of two halves for the Huskies as they went into the break trailing 40-38. They outscored the Phoenix 56-30 in the second half. UCONN now moves onto Fresno, California to take on the NC State Wolfpack on March 24th. Since the NCAA just loves having the Huskies on late here, I’d assume their start time will be around 9:30. But don’t quote me on that. I will post the time once it becomes available.
Update: The game time for Saturday March 24 is approximately 9:00 ET on ESPN.
