Diana Taurasi, 10,000 points and the shot that made WNBA scoring history

Diana Taurasi
was still a teenager when Geno Auriemma first witnessed her scoring greatness up close.

In the summer of 2000, months before they teamed up at UConn, Taurasi was
competing for the United States at the U18 Junior World Championship qualifying tournament in Argentina. Heading
into the semifinals, Auriemma, Team USA’s coach, told Taurasi she needed to score 30 points for the Americans to
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