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The 8th ranked UConn women's basketball team (15-4, 9-0) returns to conference play to face Villanova (15-6, 9-3) tonight at 7 p.m. ET in the XL Center (SNY) for their second of four games in eight days. UConn finished off non-conference play with a 75-56 win over then-No. 7 Tennessee Sunday. Azzi Fudd had her break out game scoring a season high 25 points while shooting 49.2 percent from the field and 77.8 from three-point range. Evina Westbrook and Aaliyah Edwards each scored 14 points vs. the Lady Vols. UConn had a season-high 12 three-pointers, led by seven from Fudd. The Huskies also shot a season-best 46.2 percent from three. UConn is 38-17 all-time vs. Villanova. The Huskies won both meetings vs. the Wildcats last year; a 90-52 win at Villanova on Dec. 22, 2020 and an 84-39 win in the BIG EAST Tournament semifinals on March 7, 2021. This is Villanova's first game at UConn since Jan. 29, 2013.
Villanova is on a seven-game win streak, most recently a 76-57 win over Georgetown. This season, Maddy Siegrist leads the Wildcats 25.7 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. Villanova plays at a slower pace, takes a ton of 3s and boasts a great assist-to-turnover ratio (1.19) while averaging 65.3 points per game. Siegrist is the crux of its offense, averaging 25.7 points per game on 50.2% shooting (33.7% on 5.5 3s attempted per game). She's currently coming off three straight 30-point efforts. The Wildcats hold opponents to 61.8 points on 41.1% shooting. They’re better on the defensive glass than the offensive boards, with Siegrist their top rebounder at 9.5 per game and Herlihy chipping in 8.5.
The BIG EAST Conference will celebrate Black History Month in partnership with the Black Fives Foundation, a nonprofit public charity whose mission is to research, preserve, showcase, teach, and honor the pre-NBA history of African Americans in basketball. The conference will host 22 games that honor Black athletes, coaches, and communities who played a critical part in America's basketball history. The UConn women's basketball team will wear shooting shirts tonight that honor the Hartford Tigerettes. The Tigerettes were an African American women's basketball team that played from the late-1940s into the mid-1950s and were dominating members of the Connecticut Girls Basketball League. UConn will be back in Gampel Pavilion on Friday to host DePaul at 7 p.m. for the Huskies' Pink Game.
Massey Ratings predict: UConn 71 - Villanova 53.
Here’s what you need to know about tonight's game:
Site: XL Center, Hartford Ct. Capacity: 16,294
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
Series: UConn leads, 38-17
Last meeting: No. 1 UConn 84, Villanova 39, March 7, 2021, in Uncasville.
TV: SNY (Allen Bestwick, Meg Culmo, Maria Marino)
Stream: In-market SNY viewers with access to the network can watch via the NBC Sports app: http://stream.nbcsports.com/rsn/sny. Out-of-market viewers can watch on the Fox Sports App or at https://www.foxsports.com/ as well as on the FOX Now app or at www.fox.com/sports. The games might not appear on those sites until right around tipoff.
Radio: UConn IMG Sports Network on 97.9 ESPN and the Varsity Radio Network (Bob Joyce, Debbie Fiske) Pregame show begins at 6:30 pm
Villanova Roster - Head coach Denise Dillon is in her second season at Villanova.
Villanova Game Notes & stats
Villanova probable starters, sixth man:
Maddy Siegrist, F, 6-1, Jr.; Lior Garzon, F, 6-1, So.; Lucy Olsen, G, 5-9, Fr,; Brianna Herlihy, F, 6-0, Gr.; Brooke Mullin, G, 5-11, Jr.; Bella Runyan, G, 5-11, So.
UConn Roster - Head coach Geno Auriemma is in his 37th year.
UConn Game Notes & Stats
UConn probable starters, sixth man:
Olivia Nelson-Ododa, P, 6-5, Sr.; Christyn Williams, G, 5-11 Sr.; Nika Muhl, G, 5-20, So.; Azzi Fudd, G, 5-11, Fr.; Dorka Juhasz, F, 6-5, Gr., Aaliyah Edwards, F, 6-3, So.
Husky Bytes
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AP/Coaches top 25 standings
Villanova is on a seven-game win streak, most recently a 76-57 win over Georgetown. This season, Maddy Siegrist leads the Wildcats 25.7 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. Villanova plays at a slower pace, takes a ton of 3s and boasts a great assist-to-turnover ratio (1.19) while averaging 65.3 points per game. Siegrist is the crux of its offense, averaging 25.7 points per game on 50.2% shooting (33.7% on 5.5 3s attempted per game). She's currently coming off three straight 30-point efforts. The Wildcats hold opponents to 61.8 points on 41.1% shooting. They’re better on the defensive glass than the offensive boards, with Siegrist their top rebounder at 9.5 per game and Herlihy chipping in 8.5.
The BIG EAST Conference will celebrate Black History Month in partnership with the Black Fives Foundation, a nonprofit public charity whose mission is to research, preserve, showcase, teach, and honor the pre-NBA history of African Americans in basketball. The conference will host 22 games that honor Black athletes, coaches, and communities who played a critical part in America's basketball history. The UConn women's basketball team will wear shooting shirts tonight that honor the Hartford Tigerettes. The Tigerettes were an African American women's basketball team that played from the late-1940s into the mid-1950s and were dominating members of the Connecticut Girls Basketball League. UConn will be back in Gampel Pavilion on Friday to host DePaul at 7 p.m. for the Huskies' Pink Game.
Massey Ratings predict: UConn 71 - Villanova 53.
Here’s what you need to know about tonight's game:
Site: XL Center, Hartford Ct. Capacity: 16,294
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
Series: UConn leads, 38-17
Last meeting: No. 1 UConn 84, Villanova 39, March 7, 2021, in Uncasville.
TV: SNY (Allen Bestwick, Meg Culmo, Maria Marino)
Stream: In-market SNY viewers with access to the network can watch via the NBC Sports app: http://stream.nbcsports.com/rsn/sny. Out-of-market viewers can watch on the Fox Sports App or at https://www.foxsports.com/ as well as on the FOX Now app or at www.fox.com/sports. The games might not appear on those sites until right around tipoff.
Radio: UConn IMG Sports Network on 97.9 ESPN and the Varsity Radio Network (Bob Joyce, Debbie Fiske) Pregame show begins at 6:30 pm
Villanova Roster - Head coach Denise Dillon is in her second season at Villanova.
Villanova Game Notes & stats
Villanova probable starters, sixth man:
Maddy Siegrist, F, 6-1, Jr.; Lior Garzon, F, 6-1, So.; Lucy Olsen, G, 5-9, Fr,; Brianna Herlihy, F, 6-0, Gr.; Brooke Mullin, G, 5-11, Jr.; Bella Runyan, G, 5-11, So.
UConn Roster - Head coach Geno Auriemma is in his 37th year.
UConn Game Notes & Stats
UConn probable starters, sixth man:
Olivia Nelson-Ododa, P, 6-5, Sr.; Christyn Williams, G, 5-11 Sr.; Nika Muhl, G, 5-20, So.; Azzi Fudd, G, 5-11, Fr.; Dorka Juhasz, F, 6-5, Gr., Aaliyah Edwards, F, 6-3, So.
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