Women’s Basketball: No. 1 UConn falls 62-48 to South Carolina in Final Four.

The top-ranked and, previously undefeated, UConn Huskies fell 62-48 to the South Carolina Gamecocks on Friday evening, marking Azzi Fudd’s last game as a UConn Husky and an end to their 54-game win streak. 

Since Friday was UConn’s 25th Final Four, it was not their first rodeo playing in such a high-stakes game, much less against the South Carolina Gamecocks, whom they have seen three times in the Final Four or National Championship. 

Despite a successful, undefeated regular season, the Huskies hadn’t experienced much adversity from opponents in their 2025-26 campaign. However, the South Carolina Gamecocks proved to be the Huskies’ Achilles Heel.  

Before the game even ended, Head Coach Geno Auriemma voiced his frustrations to South Carolina Head Coach Dawn Staley in a heated altercation.

“You can ask Geno [Auriemma] the question,” Dawn Staley, Head Coach of the Gamecocks said after being asked about the altercation, “He’s the one that initiated the conversation. I don’t want what happened there to dampen what we were able to accomplish today.” 

As far as Auriemma’s response goes, he said to the media that it was “nothing” and he “said what he had to say” to Staley. 

Ta’Niya Latson, a senior guard on the Gamecocks, dominated the hardwood. The Florida State transfer racked up a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds and went perfect (10-10) from the free-throw line. 

Sophomore Joyce Edwards racked up 11 points, eight rebounds and three steals.