From this morning's
Hartford Courant:
"But perhaps the biggest moment of the game for UConn came long after the result was decided with less than three minutes left in the fourth quarter. Redshirt junior Caroline Ducharme, who had not appeared in a game since November 2023 due to a series of head and neck injuries, checked in against the Bulldogs and grabbed a rebound in her two minutes on the floor.
Ducharme has appeared in just 59 games over four years at UConn, and coach Geno Auriemma said seeing the veteran guard return after such a long and uncertain recovery process was joyful for the entire team.
'I know it’s been a long time coming for her. She’s been through a lot,' Auriemma said. 'She finally got cleared and was hoping that she’d get an opportunity, so I’m glad we were able to give her that. We’ll build on it little by little and see where that takes us. The players were pretty excited. She’s worked awfully hard to get to this point.'"