Updated
30/03/2021
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Helena Pueyo will become the second Spanish player to qualify for the prestigious Final Four universitaria female after Arizona’s victory over Indiana 55-63 in Elite 8. Along with Pueyo in the Wildcats she also plays Marta Garca although he did not play a single minute of the quarterfinal match.
The achievement is historic for the University of Arizona which achieves the pass to the final to four women for the first time. In addition, in the quarterfinal game there was also a historical fact for our basketball as for the first time two Spanish women were measured in an Elite 8 match.
I can play 20 minutes and have 6 points and 3 rebounds. The Wildcats leader was Aari McDonald with 33 points. In the Hoosiers from Indiana, the Spanish Nicole Cardao-Hillary He started, played 37 minutes and signed 3 points and 4 rebounds.
The Wildcats will therefore be at the big event next weekend at the Alamodome in San Antonio. In the Final they will have as a rival to the Connecticut Huskies who eliminated Baylor, 69-67. the other semifinal will come out of the qualifiers Texas vs South Carolina and Louisville vs Stanford that are played this Tuesday.
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