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Why UConn needs Azzi Fudd against South Carolina

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UConn guard Azzi Fudd scored 19 points in the first half to beat UCLA in Friday 's national semifinal.

Fudd is 25-1 when Fudd scores at least 15 points, including 22 consecutive wins.

UConn will face South Carolina in Sunday 's championship game.

Coach Geno Auriemma: "I saw the way she was warming up a little bit, and you could tell it was just a different vibe".

Katie Fudd has played 33 of UConn 's 39 games this season .

Fudd missed nine shots in the Elite Eight against USC in Spokane , Washington .

UConn coach Gen. Auriemma challenged Fudd to be better at defense over the summer .

In the nine games since March , she has averaged 2.5 steals per game.

Fudd missed the next three games, including a loss to Notre Dame .

She returned on Dec. 21 against USC , but she went scoreless in eight minutes on the court.

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