UConn's Paige Bueckers reaches 2,000 career points in record-breaking 102 games-ZoomTech News

John Fanta

Faculty Basketball Broadcaster and Reporter

UConn celebrity Paige Bueckers has reached 2,000 profession factors in historic style.

The senior guard surpassed the milestone in opposition to Seton Corridor on Sunday afternoon in entrance of a packed home at Gampel Pavilion in simply her 102nd profession sport, changing into the quickest Husky to achieve that mark in program historical past.

That is particularly exceptional contemplating the truth that the 6-foot star from Hopkins, Minnesota has solely performed two complete seasons at UConn. Between lacking time with a tibial plateau fracture, a torn ACL and a knee sprain, Bueckers has nonetheless willed the Huskies to a few Remaining 4 appearances and has her thoughts set on a fourth this April.

The earlier document was held by UConn all-time main scorer Maya Moore (108 video games). The achievement was further particular for Bueckers, who grew up idolizing the WNBA star and watching her Minnesota Lynx video games.

“It’s form of loopy to listen to,” Bueckers advised the media Friday when requested in regards to the milestone. “However then, like, I’m speaking to educate on Friday and Maya [has] acquired 3,000 (3,036 — most in UConn girls’s historical past) factors. So that you look all over the place round you right here and humble your self.

“So clearly, I’m grateful, extraordinarily blessed, and it’s form of surreal to consider all the folks that have handed by right here and my journey and the way I’ve come to be the place I’m. And I suppose that’s a reasonably cool feat.”

A season after scoring 854 factors — the highest-scoring marketing campaign by a UConn junior in program historical past — and receiving First Workforce All-American, Remaining 4 All-Match, Large East Participant of the 12 months and Large East Match Most Excellent Participant honors, Bueckers has additional added to her legacy.

Whereas the aim of breaking the UConn girls’s nationwide championship drought is why Bueckers is again, Sunday in Storrs was a day to soak within the greatness that she has achieved in a comparatively brief time frame whereas preventing by something and the whole lot — and sustaining her standing as one of many greatest names in all of sports activities.

John Fanta is a nationwide faculty basketball broadcaster and author for FOX Sports activities. He covers the game in a wide range of capacities, from calling video games on FS1 to serving as lead host on the BIG EAST Digital Community to offering commentary on The Subject of 68 Media Community. Observe him at @John_Fanta.

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