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Four straight away games down, one more to go — the last real road trip UConn has, in fact, before heading to San Antonio for the NCAA Tournament in March. The Huskies take on the Butler Bulldogs (2-15, 2-14 Big East) this afternoon at 4:30 p.m. in their penultimate game of the regular season. The Huskies previously demolished Butler 103-35 at home. The Bulldogs’ pair of wins came against Georgetown and Xavier, and they’re the second-worst team in the league standings. This season, Okako Adika leads the Bulldogs with 13.4 points per game.
Here's the skinny on today's game:
Site: Hinkle Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, IN. Capacity 9,100 Renovated: 1989, 2011–2014
Time: 4:30 p.m. EST
Series: UConn leads, 1-0
TV: SNY (Meghan Culmo and Allen Bestwick)
Radio: The River 105.9 or through TuneIn. (Bob Joyce and Debbie Fiske) Coverage begins 30 minutes prior to the tip.
STREAMING
UConn's SNY games 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 UConn's SNY games 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 games can also be accessed at www.fox.com/sports or in the FOX Now app.
Butler roster - Head coach Kurt Godlevske (7th year)
Butler game notes
UConn roster - Head coach Geno Auriemma (36th year)
UConn game notes
UConn stats
www.courant.com
Women's College Basketball Rankings - Week 14
Big East Conference standings
UConn WBB in the news -
Active streaks = 1,013 straight games without back-to-back losses, including 940 wins (last back-to-back losses: March 7 & 17, 1993). • 228 straight wins against unranked opponents (last loss to an unranked opponent: Feb. 18, 2012, 57-56, St. John’s). • 155 straight conference wins, including league tournament games (last conference loss: March 12, 2013, 61-59, Notre Dame).
By the numbers:
27 — Total conference regular season titles for Huskies (20 Big East, 7 AAC).
6.1 — Assists per game for UConn freshman Paige Bueckers. UConn has not had a player average 6.0 for a season with Sue Bird the school record holder at 5.923.
What they said:
“Nika didn’t shoot her way into the lineup. Some kids think, ‘If I score enough points I can get into the lineup.’ She got in the old fashioned way. She just worked really hard at all the other things. That’s why she is a starter.”— UConn coach Geno Auriemma.
“They were leaving me quite wide open at the beginning of the game so I just took the shots. I had the confidence and my teammates had the confidence in me. And they went in. Hopefully I can stay consistent with the 3-point shot, We have a lot of great 3-point shooters on the team.
Adding myself to that is really good for us. I just have to keep working and just practice, practice, practice.”— Muhl.
Breaking down the Huskies’ scoring:
Here's the skinny on today's game:
Site: Hinkle Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, IN. Capacity 9,100 Renovated: 1989, 2011–2014
Time: 4:30 p.m. EST
Series: UConn leads, 1-0
TV: SNY (Meghan Culmo and Allen Bestwick)
Radio: The River 105.9 or through TuneIn. (Bob Joyce and Debbie Fiske) Coverage begins 30 minutes prior to the tip.
STREAMING
UConn's SNY games 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 UConn's SNY games 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 games can also be accessed at www.fox.com/sports or in the FOX Now app.
Butler roster - Head coach Kurt Godlevske (7th year)
Butler game notes
Butler probable starters, sixth man:
Okako Adika, F, 6-0, Jr.; Genesis Parker, G, 5-8, R-Sr.; Tenley Dowell, G, 6-0, R-Fr.; Upe Atosu, G, 5-9, Sr.; Nyamer Diew, F, 6-1, Fr.; Micah Scheetz, G, 5-8, Gr.UConn roster - Head coach Geno Auriemma (36th year)
UConn game notes
UConn stats
UConn probable starters, sixth man:
Christyn Williams, G, 5-11, Jr.; Olivia Nelson-Ododa, F, 6-5, Jr.; Evina Westbrook, G, 6-0, R-Jr.; Paige Bueckers, G, 5-11, Fr.; Nika Muhl, G, 5-10, Fr.; Aaliyah Edwards, F, 6-3, Fr.
No. 1 UConn women’s basketball vs. Butler: time, how to watch, broadcasters, preview
Four straight away games down, one more to go — the last real road trip UConn has, in fact, before heading to San Antonio for the NCAA Tournament in March. The No. 1 UConn Huskies take on the…
www.courant.com
Women's College Basketball Rankings - Week 14
Big East Conference standings
UConn WBB in the news -
- How the Huskies have changed since the start of the season - Daniel Connolly
- Aubrey Griffin just scratching the surface of her potential - Daniel Connolly
- The case for Paige Bueckers to win national player of the year - Megan Gauer
- Huskies are queens of the conference yet again - Carl Adamec
Active streaks = 1,013 straight games without back-to-back losses, including 940 wins (last back-to-back losses: March 7 & 17, 1993). • 228 straight wins against unranked opponents (last loss to an unranked opponent: Feb. 18, 2012, 57-56, St. John’s). • 155 straight conference wins, including league tournament games (last conference loss: March 12, 2013, 61-59, Notre Dame).
By the numbers:
27 — Total conference regular season titles for Huskies (20 Big East, 7 AAC).
6.1 — Assists per game for UConn freshman Paige Bueckers. UConn has not had a player average 6.0 for a season with Sue Bird the school record holder at 5.923.
What they said:
“Nika didn’t shoot her way into the lineup. Some kids think, ‘If I score enough points I can get into the lineup.’ She got in the old fashioned way. She just worked really hard at all the other things. That’s why she is a starter.”— UConn coach Geno Auriemma.
“They were leaving me quite wide open at the beginning of the game so I just took the shots. I had the confidence and my teammates had the confidence in me. And they went in. Hopefully I can stay consistent with the 3-point shot, We have a lot of great 3-point shooters on the team.
Adding myself to that is really good for us. I just have to keep working and just practice, practice, practice.”— Muhl.
Breaking down the Huskies’ scoring:
- Paige Bueckers: 20.1 points per game, 56.0 FG%, 51.7% on 3s, 14.0 field goal attempts per game
- Christyn Williams: 15.9 PPG, 48.2 FG%, 31.2% on 3s, 13.3 FGA
- Olivia Nelson-Ododa: 12.8 PPG, 60.1 FG%, 8.9 FGA
- Aaliyah Edwards: 9.7 PPG, 68.1 FG%, 6.1 FGA
- Evina Westbrook: 9.4 PPG, 45.7 FG%, 32.1% on 3s, 7.5 FGA
- Aubrey Griffin: 7.4 PPG, 54.7 FG%, 5.0 FGA
- Anna Makurat (9 games): 4.9 PPG, 41.5 FG%, 32.3% on 3s, 4.6 FGA
- Nika Muhl: 4.9 PPG, 34.6 FG%, 30.9% on 3s, 5.1 FGA
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