Photos of NCAA Regional Final
Connecticut (UConn) - Penn State University (PSU)
Women's Basketball
Hartford Civic Center March 29, 2004

All photographs (photos) are copyrighted

The University of Connecticut Women's Basketball Team defeated Penn State University (PSU) Lady Lions in the NCAA regional finals at the Hartford Civic Center March 28, 2004. Diana Taurasi and sophomore Barbara Turner combined for 53 points on Monday evening to lead the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team past Penn State, 66-49, and into its record fifth consecutive NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Final Four. Taurasi was chosen East Regional MVP.
With the victory, the No. 2 seed Huskies improve to 29-4 for the year, while Penn State completes its season with a 28-6 mark.
The two time defending national champion Huskies advance to the Final Four for the eighth time in the program’s history and will play Minnesota on Sunday, April 4. The Husky senior class of Taurasi, Maria Conlon, and Morgan Valley have completed their careers with a record of 64-2 in games played at the Hartford Civic Center or Gampel Pavilion. Barbara Turner’s 26 points were just one shy of her career high. She was 3 for 6 on 3 point attempts, including one off the glass as time was expiring on the shot clock. Turner also pulled down six rebounds. Taurasi’s 27 points came on 8-of-15 shooting from the field and 9-of-12 shooting from the foul line. She also pulled down five rebounds and earned three assists, adding to her school record total.
After a tremendous defensive effort by UConn in the first half, the Huskies' began to hit shots after the break. Connecticut extended its lead to 21, 47-26 at the 11:50 mark on an Ashley Battle's lay up. Penn State then put on an offensive show of their own and cut the lead to nine, 51-42 with 7:20 remaining. However, Taurasi would drill a 3-pointer coming after a timeout starting a crushing 9-0 UConn run to put the game away. The following photographs attempt to give a picture story of the game.

All photos were shot using a Canon 10D with a 200mm f2.8 lens.
They have all been post processed with PSP V8.1.

Copyright 2004 Jerry Molaver
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