Tip-off: 12:16 p.m. (ESPN2).
Records: Southern 23-8, UConn 33-0.
Probable starters: Southern, 5-11 Jr. F Tiffany Foster (8.6 ppg, 4.0 rpg), 6-1 Jr. F Freda Allen (5.8 ppg, 5.9 rpg), 5-8 Sr. F Ashley Augerson (8.6 ppg, 4.4 rpg), 5-7 So. G Carneta Henderson (3.5 ppg), 5-9 Jr. G Hannah Kador (12.9 ppg, 4.8 rpg).
UConn, 5-10 So. G Tiffany Hayes (10.4 ppg), 5-10 So. G Caroline Doty (7.0 ppg), 6-0 Jr. F Maya Moore (17.9 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 4.0 apg, 2.2 spg), 6-4 Sr. C Tina Charles (18.4 ppg, 9.4 rpg), 5-10 Sr. G Kalana Greene (12.0 ppg, 4.7 rpg).
Noteworthy: UConn is the 11th women's team in history to begin the NCAA tournament without a loss. Of the first 10, five won national championships, including Texas in 1986, Tennessee in 1988 and UConn in 1995, 2002 and 2009. No team has even done it twice in a row. Moore, a junior, said this tournament has a different feel for UConn, coming off of last year's success and having to replicate that with a different team. "But we're still the same program," Moore said. "We're going to approach every game the same way and we'll focus on Southern." Said Moore: "When you lose that respect, when you lose that sense of urgency for every opponent, that's when you play poorly or get beat. It's the first game at the NCAA tournament. Where else would you rather be?" … It is the first meeting for UConn and Southern. It is also UConn's first game ever against a team from the SWAC. … Southern played one ranked opponent this season in then-No. 22 Cal, falling 78-47.READ MORE, CLICK TITLE.
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