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.

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.