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The UConn women’s basketball team begins its last series of regular-season games tonight on the road at Creighton (Omaha Nebraska), for the first time in program history. After tonight's game, they head east for a stop in Indianapolis Indiana to play Butler on Saturday. UConn closes out the regular season with a home game against Marquette on Monday March 1.
UConn clinched at least a share of the Big East regular season conference title with a win at Xavier last week. The Huskies can win the championship outright with a win tonight. This is just the third all-time meeting between the Huskies and Bluejays with UConn holding a 2-0 record. UConn won this season's first meeting on Dec 17, 80-47.
Creighton is coming off a 65-41 loss to Marquette on Monday. This season, Temi Carda leads the Bluejays with 13.9 points and 3.7 assists per game. Creighton (7-9, 6-6 Big East) is sixth in the Big East standings but is in the midst of an impressive stretch, beating Seton Hall and No. 19 DePaul over the last few weeks.
Here’s what you need to know about the matchup:
Site: D.J. Sokol Arena - Capacity 2500
Time: 5 p.m. EST
Series: UConn leads, 2-0
Last meeting: No. 3 UConn 80, Creighton 47 in Storrs, Dec. 17, 2020
TV: SNY (Meghan Culmo and Allen Bestwick)
Livestream: You can also watch the game on the Fox Sports App or https://www.foxsports.com/. Some fans say they are only able to access games via fox.com/sports or the Fox Sports Now app, though, so try that if needed. The games might not appear on those sites until right around tipoff.
Radio: UConn IMG Sports Network on 97.9 ESPN (Bob Joyce and Debbie Fiske) Coverage begins 30 minutes prior to the tip.
TV Schedule for Comcast Sportsnet New York (SNY)
Thursday, February 25th TV listings for Comcast Sportsnet New York (SNY)
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Creighton Roster - Head coach Jim Flanery (19th season)
Creighton game notes
Bird's eye view of Creighton's stats:
Scoring Average 61.6 - Points Allowed Per Game 64.3 - Shooting Percentage 37.7 - 3FG Percentage 32.9 - Free-Throw Percentage 77.8 Rebounds Per Game 34.8 - Assists Per Game 14.3 - Turnovers Per Game 14.5 - Blocks Per Game 2.8 - Steals Per Game 6.5
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.
UConn Roster - Geno Auriemma (36th year)
UConn game notes
UConn stats
UConn season box scores
UConn WBB in the news -
Thursday
UCONN at CREIGHTON, 5 p.m. (SNY)
Saturday
DePAUL at PROVIDENCE, 1 p.m. (BEDN)
ST. JOHN’S at CREIGHTON, 2 p.m. (FS1)
UCONN at BUTLER, 4:30 p.m. (SNY)
SETON HALL at VILLANOVA, 8 p.m. (FS1)
Sunday
GEORGETOWN at XAVIER, Noon (FS1)
Monday (3/1)
BUTLER at DePAUL, 5 p.m. (BEDN)
SETON HALL at ST. JOHN’S, 7 p.m. (FS1)
MARQUETTE at UCONN, 8 p.m. (CBSSN)
All Times Eastern
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UConn clinched at least a share of the Big East regular season conference title with a win at Xavier last week. The Huskies can win the championship outright with a win tonight. This is just the third all-time meeting between the Huskies and Bluejays with UConn holding a 2-0 record. UConn won this season's first meeting on Dec 17, 80-47.
Creighton is coming off a 65-41 loss to Marquette on Monday. This season, Temi Carda leads the Bluejays with 13.9 points and 3.7 assists per game. Creighton (7-9, 6-6 Big East) is sixth in the Big East standings but is in the midst of an impressive stretch, beating Seton Hall and No. 19 DePaul over the last few weeks.
Here’s what you need to know about the matchup:
Site: D.J. Sokol Arena - Capacity 2500
Time: 5 p.m. EST
Series: UConn leads, 2-0
Last meeting: No. 3 UConn 80, Creighton 47 in Storrs, Dec. 17, 2020
TV: SNY (Meghan Culmo and Allen Bestwick)
Livestream: You can also watch the game on the Fox Sports App or https://www.foxsports.com/. Some fans say they are only able to access games via fox.com/sports or the Fox Sports Now app, though, so try that if needed. The games might not appear on those sites until right around tipoff.
Radio: UConn IMG Sports Network on 97.9 ESPN (Bob Joyce and Debbie Fiske) Coverage begins 30 minutes prior to the tip.
TV Schedule for Comcast Sportsnet New York (SNY)
Thursday, February 25th TV listings for Comcast Sportsnet New York (SNY)
No. 1 UConn women’s basketball vs. Creighton: time, how to watch, broadcasters, preview
The No. 1 UConn women’s basketball team kicks off its last stretch of regular-season games Thursday night on the road at Creighton.It’ll be the Huskies’ first of three games in fi…
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Creighton probable starters, sixth man:
Temi Carda, G, 5-9, Sr.; Carly Bachelor, G/F, 6-0, So.; Mykel Parham, F, 6-2, So.; Emma Ronsiek, F, 6-1, Fr.; Chloe Dworak, G, 5-6, Jr.; Morgan Maly, G/F, 6-1, Fr.Creighton Roster - Head coach Jim Flanery (19th season)
Creighton game notes
Bird's eye view of Creighton's stats:
Scoring Average 61.6 - Points Allowed Per Game 64.3 - Shooting Percentage 37.7 - 3FG Percentage 32.9 - Free-Throw Percentage 77.8 Rebounds Per Game 34.8 - Assists Per Game 14.3 - Turnovers Per Game 14.5 - Blocks Per Game 2.8 - Steals Per Game 6.5
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.
UConn Roster - Geno Auriemma (36th year)
UConn game notes
UConn stats
UConn season box scores
UConn WBB in the news -
- Opposites attract: UConn bigs Olivia Nelson-Ododa, Aaliyah Edwards meshing well - Doug Bonjour
- UConn women sharing roles, ball as they close in on Big East title - Carl Adamec
- A quiet key for the UConn women to make a deep postseason run? Pushing the pace - Alexa Philippou
- Playing for him now - Aaliyah Edwards draws lessons learned from her deceased brother - Mike Anthony
- UConn women’s basketball fans have voted, and they say Paige Bueckers is the best freshman player of all time.
- UConn Insider podcast: Are the UConn men a NCAA Tournament team? Are the UConn women peaking at the right time?
- The Huskies are coming off an 83-32 win at Xavier last Saturday. Junior Christyn Williams led UConn with 22 points while freshman Aaliyah Edwards had her first career double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds.
- The Huskies are ranked No. 1 in the latest AP Poll. This is the 247th week all-time UConn has been ranked No. 1. The Huskies have earned the top spot in the poll in nine straight seasons and in 22 of the last 27 seasons. UConn has been ranked in the AP Poll for 523 consecutive weeks, including 296 straight weeks in the top 10.
- Aaliyah Edwards isn’t worried about the freshman wall. The way the UConn women’s basketball team’s rookie forward is going, she’ll just run through it anyway. Edwards recorded her first double-double of the year Saturday with 16 points and a season high 11 rebounds. “I just like being more competitive and aggressive offensively and defensively,” Edwards said. “Whether that’s rebounding, getting my teammates open, going off pick and roll action, I like being in rhythm and being in the flow of the offense and locking down on defense.”
Women's D-1 College Basketball Rankings - Week 14
BIG East Conference standings
Thursday
UCONN at CREIGHTON, 5 p.m. (SNY)
Saturday
DePAUL at PROVIDENCE, 1 p.m. (BEDN)
ST. JOHN’S at CREIGHTON, 2 p.m. (FS1)
UCONN at BUTLER, 4:30 p.m. (SNY)
SETON HALL at VILLANOVA, 8 p.m. (FS1)
Sunday
GEORGETOWN at XAVIER, Noon (FS1)
Monday (3/1)
BUTLER at DePAUL, 5 p.m. (BEDN)
SETON HALL at ST. JOHN’S, 7 p.m. (FS1)
MARQUETTE at UCONN, 8 p.m. (CBSSN)
All Times Eastern
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