Disgruntled Paige Bueckers Counts UConn’s Leftover Pieces After Another Upset: “We Did to Ourselves…”

The nightmare for Paige Bueckers and the UConn doesn’t seem to end. Just a few days after falling to the No.11 rank, the Huskies lost a highly anticipated match against the Texas Longhorns. The loss came as a big setback for the star player whose return from the season-ending injury has put her in a sharp spotlight.

Paige’s Huskies pack couldn’t catch a break as they lost their third match of the 2023-24 NCAA season to the Longhorns with a final score of 80-68. She shared her piece of mind soon after the game ended.

Paige Bueckers on UConn defeat 

In the postgame interview, Paige Bueckers was asked about her thoughts on their loss, and in her response to the question, she said, “I think just building on the intensity and effort that a lot of guys played with tonight and just cleaning up the mistakes that we made in the areas that, we did to ourselves and just continue to get a better flow on offense, continue to talk and keep eyes in front of us on defense. But just cleaning up the mental mistakes that we made and just build off this and continue to find ways to get better.”

Bueckers expressed that the team’s goal is to learn from the recent game and build on the positives while keep on finding the ways to get better.

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However, the team and their fandom held their heads high as they know this is not the end and that they can learn from their mistakes and come back stronger. 

How’ve the Huskies performed so far?

While the Lady Huskies started the 2023-24 NCAA season with a huge win over the Dayton Flyers, they had to face their first loss of the season in their second match against the NC State Wolfpack.

But being one of the best teams in the league they jumped back right up, to win their next match and one after that, before falling back to the UCLA Bruins, marking it as their second loss in the ongoing season.

The Huskies learned from their mistakes in the past matches to secure another win over the Kansas Jayhawks. However, they again lost their most recent match with the Longhorns.

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But the fans still keep their hopes high for the team as Paige Bueckers’ words in the interview suggested that the Huskies are using these setbacks as stepping stones for improvement.