Fab Five Photos

This week’s Fab Five photos feature five former metro girls basketball standouts competing in the NCAA Women’s Division I championship (Connecticut Huskies vs. the South Carolina Gamecocks) and the Women’s Basketball Invitational Tournament (WBIT) championship (Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. the Florida Gators).

Senior guard Paige Bueckers (Hopkins) closed her career scoring 17 points to lead the Huskies 82-59 past the Gamecocks, who got 10 points from sophomore guard Tessa Johnson (St. Michael Albertville).

In the WBIT championship contest, freshman guard Tori McKinney (Minnetonka) finished with 14 points and junior backcourt mate Amaya Battle (Hopkins) added 10, leading to a 66-52 Gophers victory over the Gators. Freshman guard Liv McGill (Hopkins) led Florida with 18 points.

Paige Bueckers Credit: Courtesy University of Connecticut
Tessa Johnson Credit: Courtesy University of South Carolina
Tori McKinney Credit: Courtesy University of Minnesota
Amaya Battle Credit: Courtesy University of Minnesota
Liv McGill Credit: Courtesy University of Florida

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Dr. Mitchell Palmer McDonald is a contributing columnist at the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.