Each time the ball left her fingers, she turned. One after another. All the clutch shots, all the necessary ones, all carry the weight of the expectations of a historical program. This has been a difficult season for the Paige Bueckers, both physically and emotionally. But the Hopkins basketball mogul returned Monday night. Bueckers got into a phone booth and Paige “Buckets” reappeared. Her legend grew exponentially with a shooting exhibition that she will visit again for many years. “I would love to see this game. “Being in it was obviously crazy.” Page Bookers Bueckers made eight consecutive half-time shots, scoring 10 points in overtime and five more in overtime as UConn prevailed over the state of North Carolina in a 91-87 regional final thriller that contained more clutch shots than we will remember. The result, in the opinion of UConn’s senior guard Christyn Williams, was a defining factor: …
