Paige Bueckers scored a career-high 40 points, rescuing UConn from its first-half doldrums and single-handedly turning a tight game against Oklahoma into an 82-59 rout that sent the Huskies to the Elite Eight of the women's NCAA Tournament.

UConn has dominated the college basketball world each of the past two seasons, winning back-to-back national titles.Though it may be a much harder road for the Huskies to "three-peat" this season, they believe they have what it takes to make it back and play for yet another crown.

UConn, the two-time reigning NCAA champions who’ve endured a season of angst, survived Oklahoma, 67-59, in a tense first-round game Friday night at the Lenovo Center. The victory was UConn’s 13th consecutive win in the NCAA Tournament spanning the past three seasons.