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UConn hosts the St. Johns Redmen tonight at 7:00 pm at the XL Center in their penultimate game of the regular season, but that takes a back seat the best and most anticipated news of the season. The return of Paige Bueckers. Bueckers, the national player of the year as a freshman, was injured on Dec. 5 in the final minutes of a victory over Notre Dame. Diagnosed with an anterior tibial plateau fracture and lateral meniscus tear, she underwent surgery on Dec. 13. Bueckers emerged from her Friday afternoon appointment with Dr. Robert Arciero, chief of the sports medicine division in the department of orthopedic surgery at UConn Health grinning from ear to ear with the news she was hoping to receive.
She's was cleared to play. She's expected to play tonight. How many minutes she plays will no doubt be minimal as Geno and Chris Dailey will attempt to ease her back into the lineup tonight and Sunday against Providence. Expect the arena to erupt like never before when she runs out on the court with her teammates this evening because the crowd knows at some point she'll enter the game. The wait is over. Paige Bueckers is back. It's gameday, so let's go.
It seems surreal, but just seven days from today, the Big East Women’s Basketball Tournament (March 4-7) will tip off at the Mohegan Sun Arena. Before we can even begin to talk about the Big East Tournament, UConn has to close out their regular season schedule with St. John’s tonight and Providence on Sunday. UConn beat both of these teams on the road earlier this year. The Johnnies shouldn’t pose too much of a challenge for the Huskies, ranking as the 128th best team in NET and sitting in seventh place in the conference (7-10). Massey's Rating Service has UConn winning this game 80-68. If the Red Storm want to pull off the upset, they’ll need their leading scorer 6'0" junior guard Leilani Correa to show out and really torch the Huskies’ stingy defense. These games will be useful to help the Huskies get more minutes together to gel.
UConn won the 2021-22 BIG EAST Regular Season Championship with the victory over Marquette Wednesday night. UConn will be the No. 1-seed in the upcoming BIG EAST Tournament. UConn has won 28 total conference regular season championships, including the last nine straight. UConn is 45-17 all-time vs. St. John's. On Jan. 23, Caroline Ducharme scored 28 points to lead UConn past St. John's in Queens, 75-57. Olivia Nelson-Ododa had 18 rebounds and 10 assists.
St. John's is coming off a 68-62 overtime win vs. Providence last Sunday. Camreé Clegg scored 23 points in the game while Leilani Correa had 20. This season, Correa is averaging 17.8 points per game to lead the Red Storm. Coming into tonight's game, Leilani Correa is boasting a team-high 17.8 points per game to place fourth in the BIG EAST. Correa has finished in double figures in 20 games this season, eclipsing the 20-point plateau on 10 different occasions. St. John’s Women’s Basketball Head Coach Joe Tartamella took over sole possession of first place on the program’s all-time wins with an 83-63 triumph over Xavier. Rayven Peeples leads the way for St. John’s in rebounding, pulling down 9.6 boards per contest. She logged a career-best 17 rebounds against Providence (Feb. 20) this season. This season, the Johnnies average 73.8 points, ranking third in the conference and 31st nationally. The Red Storm sits third in the conference and 17th nationally with 22.8 3-pointers made this year. As a team, St. John’s averages 8.4 triples per game. The Red Storm scoring defense (72.9) has improved slightly since they played UConn. They are turning opponents over 14.3 times per game but are allowing 43.6 percent shooting from the floor.
Here’s the particulars on tonight's game:
Site: XL Center, Hartford (15,558)
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Series: UConn leads, 45-17
Last meeting: UConn defeated St. John’s 75-57 on Jan. 23 in New York.
TV: SNY (Meghan Culmo, Allen Bestwick, Maria Marino) Last SNY telecast of the season. Sunday’s matinee against Providence will be broadcast nationally on CBSSN at 2 p.m.
STREAMING: Tonight's SNY game will be available to stream in-market (CT, NY, NJ, PA) to authenticated subscribers via the NBC Sports app: http://stream.nbcsports.com/rsn/sny.
Out-of-market fans will be able to stream tonight's game at no additional cost to authenticated subscribers who have FOX as part of their television package. Users will need to sign in with their TV provider credentials at https://www.foxsports.com/ or in the FOX Sports app. The game can also be accessed at www.fox.com/sports or in the FOX Now app.
RADIO: UConn IMG Sports Network, and can be streamed through the Varsity Network. Bob Joyce (pxp), Debbie Fiske (analyst) Pregame show begins at 6:30 pm
St. Johns Roster - Head coach Joe Tartamella (9th year)
St. Johns Game Notes & Stats
UConn Roster - Head coach Geno Auriemma (37th year)
UConn Game Notes & Stats
Huskie Bytes -
UConn women coast past Marquette 69-38, nail down another Big East regular-season title
Paige Bueckers cleared to return for UConn women Friday night
Paige Bueckers is back. Now we’ll finally see how good the UConn women’s basketball team is
UConn's Westbrook is playing well as her college winds down
The UConn Daily Campus: Bueckers returns tonight as the Huskies close out the regular season this weekend
BIG East WBB Standings
AP/Coaches top 25 poll - week 16
Up Next:
Providence Friars
Sunday - Feb 27 2:00 pm ET
Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn
SENIOR DAY
TV: CBS SPORTS NETWORK
RADIO: UCONN SPORTS NETWORK
She's was cleared to play. She's expected to play tonight. How many minutes she plays will no doubt be minimal as Geno and Chris Dailey will attempt to ease her back into the lineup tonight and Sunday against Providence. Expect the arena to erupt like never before when she runs out on the court with her teammates this evening because the crowd knows at some point she'll enter the game. The wait is over. Paige Bueckers is back. It's gameday, so let's go.
It seems surreal, but just seven days from today, the Big East Women’s Basketball Tournament (March 4-7) will tip off at the Mohegan Sun Arena. Before we can even begin to talk about the Big East Tournament, UConn has to close out their regular season schedule with St. John’s tonight and Providence on Sunday. UConn beat both of these teams on the road earlier this year. The Johnnies shouldn’t pose too much of a challenge for the Huskies, ranking as the 128th best team in NET and sitting in seventh place in the conference (7-10). Massey's Rating Service has UConn winning this game 80-68. If the Red Storm want to pull off the upset, they’ll need their leading scorer 6'0" junior guard Leilani Correa to show out and really torch the Huskies’ stingy defense. These games will be useful to help the Huskies get more minutes together to gel.
UConn won the 2021-22 BIG EAST Regular Season Championship with the victory over Marquette Wednesday night. UConn will be the No. 1-seed in the upcoming BIG EAST Tournament. UConn has won 28 total conference regular season championships, including the last nine straight. UConn is 45-17 all-time vs. St. John's. On Jan. 23, Caroline Ducharme scored 28 points to lead UConn past St. John's in Queens, 75-57. Olivia Nelson-Ododa had 18 rebounds and 10 assists.
St. John's is coming off a 68-62 overtime win vs. Providence last Sunday. Camreé Clegg scored 23 points in the game while Leilani Correa had 20. This season, Correa is averaging 17.8 points per game to lead the Red Storm. Coming into tonight's game, Leilani Correa is boasting a team-high 17.8 points per game to place fourth in the BIG EAST. Correa has finished in double figures in 20 games this season, eclipsing the 20-point plateau on 10 different occasions. St. John’s Women’s Basketball Head Coach Joe Tartamella took over sole possession of first place on the program’s all-time wins with an 83-63 triumph over Xavier. Rayven Peeples leads the way for St. John’s in rebounding, pulling down 9.6 boards per contest. She logged a career-best 17 rebounds against Providence (Feb. 20) this season. This season, the Johnnies average 73.8 points, ranking third in the conference and 31st nationally. The Red Storm sits third in the conference and 17th nationally with 22.8 3-pointers made this year. As a team, St. John’s averages 8.4 triples per game. The Red Storm scoring defense (72.9) has improved slightly since they played UConn. They are turning opponents over 14.3 times per game but are allowing 43.6 percent shooting from the floor.
Here’s the particulars on tonight's game:
Site: XL Center, Hartford (15,558)
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Series: UConn leads, 45-17
Last meeting: UConn defeated St. John’s 75-57 on Jan. 23 in New York.
TV: SNY (Meghan Culmo, Allen Bestwick, Maria Marino) Last SNY telecast of the season. Sunday’s matinee against Providence will be broadcast nationally on CBSSN at 2 p.m.
STREAMING: Tonight's SNY game will be available to stream in-market (CT, NY, NJ, PA) to authenticated subscribers via the NBC Sports app: http://stream.nbcsports.com/rsn/sny.
Out-of-market fans will be able to stream tonight's game at no additional cost to authenticated subscribers who have FOX as part of their television package. Users will need to sign in with their TV provider credentials at https://www.foxsports.com/ or in the FOX Sports app. The game can also be accessed at www.fox.com/sports or in the FOX Now app.
RADIO: UConn IMG Sports Network, and can be streamed through the Varsity Network. Bob Joyce (pxp), Debbie Fiske (analyst) Pregame show begins at 6:30 pm
St. Johns Roster - Head coach Joe Tartamella (9th year)
St. Johns Game Notes & Stats
St. John’s (11-16, 7-10 Big East) probable starters, sixth player:
Camree Clegg, G, 5-5, GS; Leilani Correa, G, 6-0, Jr.; Unique Drake, G, 5-7, Jr.; Kadaja Bailey, G, 6-0, Sr.; Rayven Peeples, F, 6-3, Sr.; Danielle Cosgrove, F, 6-4, Sr.UConn Roster - Head coach Geno Auriemma (37th year)
UConn Game Notes & Stats
UConn (20-5, 14-1) probable starters, sixth player:
Olivia Nelson-Ododa, F, 6-5, Sr.; Azzi Fudd, G, 5-11, Fr,, 6-5, Gr.; Evina Westbrook, G, 6-0, R-Sr.; Nika Mühl, G, 5-10, So.; Caroline Ducharme, G, 6-2, Fr.; Aaliyah Edwards, F, 6-3, So.Huskie Bytes -
UConn women coast past Marquette 69-38, nail down another Big East regular-season title
Paige Bueckers cleared to return for UConn women Friday night
Paige Bueckers is back. Now we’ll finally see how good the UConn women’s basketball team is
UConn's Westbrook is playing well as her college winds down
The UConn Daily Campus: Bueckers returns tonight as the Huskies close out the regular season this weekend
Spotlight: Isuneh 'Ice' Brady Prepares To Take Game To UConn
Latest BIG East NewsBIG East WBB Standings
AP/Coaches top 25 poll - week 16
Up Next:
Providence Friars
Sunday - Feb 27 2:00 pm ET
Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn
SENIOR DAY
TV: CBS SPORTS NETWORK
RADIO: UCONN SPORTS NETWORK
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