Heading into an NCAA Tournament game against the No. 2 seed UConn women’s basketball team, the players from No. 3 Oklahoma are feeling prepared.

OU’s four-point halftime lead evaporated over the course of its sloppy third-quarter performance. Connecticut outscored the Sooners by 17 in the third, and fueled by an NCAA Tournament program record 40 points and a second-half takeover from All-American Paige Bueckers, it was Geno Auriemma’s team that refused to surrender the advantage.