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Jana El Alfy shines in Final Four win over UCLA: 'That's what I came here for'
The redshirt freshman saved the best performance of her career for the biggest game of her career.
Daniel Connolly
April 05, 2025
Photo: Ian Bethune
Before she went on the court for her first Final Four, Jana El Alfy took a moment to soak everything in. She thought about her journey from Egypt to UConn, the year she spent rehabbing from a torn achilles and the still-ongoing and oft-turbulent freshman season.
El Alfy had been through a lot since joining the Huskies in January of 2023. So as they prepared to go up against No. 1 overall seed UCLA in the national semifinal, she wanted to make the most of the opportunity.
“I went in there with the mindset of winning because that's what I came here for,” El Alfy said. “I didn't come here 6,000 miles for me to perform not very good — especially in a game like that.”
She didn’t let it go to waste.
