11:00 PM ET SEATTLE — With UConn up two points when the second quarter of Saturday’s regional semifinal at Climate Pledge Arena began, the Huskies had every reason to believe they would move on to the Elite Eight of the 2023 women’s NCAA tournament. Ten minutes of game time later, UConn was staring at one of its biggest halftime deficits ever in an NCAA tournament game. And when the Huskies couldn’t turn things around after halftime, they lost 73-61 and suffered their earliest postseason exit since 2005, while Ohio State reached the Elite Eight for the first time since 1993, sending coach Kevin McGuff rushing across the court to celebrate with his family. Ohio State accomplished the upset with a stifling full-court press that forced 18 first-half turnovers, 10 of them in the second quarter, which also featured a dose of foul trouble for Huskies forward Aaliyah Edwards, a scary…
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