GameDay - UConn @ St. John's 1:00 pm ET SNY

[Carnac]

The No. 9-ranked Huskies face St. John’s today at 1 p.m. (ET) in New York in what will likely be their final game without Christyn Williams as she returns from protocol next week. The Huskies are 42-17 all-time over St. John’s with their last loss to the Red Storm coming in February 2012 (UConn’s last loss to an unranked team before falling to Georgia Tech in December). In UConn’s return to the Big East last season, the Huskies went 3-0 against St. John’s, beating the Red Storm twice in the regular season and again in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament. “Hopefully that will help us in our ability to understand that this is just another game and that we got to go out there and compete,” St. John’s coach Joe Tartamella said. “There were a couple teams last year that we didn’t even play (because of COVID-19)."

The Red Storm enter Sunday’s matchup on a seven-game losing streak with its last victory being a 83-70 win over La Salle. St. John’s lone conference win was against Seton Hall, 88-75, on Dec. 5. St. John’s (5-11, 1-5) is led by junior guard Leilani Correa, who is averaging 20.4 points per game. The 2020 Big East Sixth-Woman of the Year was named an All-Big East First Team Selection last season. She is the only player in St. John’s history to record 30 or more points at least eight times in a single season, including three in a row.

Last game for St. John's: Jan. 19, 2022 vs Seton Hall - The women's basketball team dropped a BIG EAST game to the Pirates 84-79, at Walsh Gymnasium on Wednesday night. Four Red Storm players scored in double figures with Leilani Correa leading the way with 19 points. Unique Drake logged 18 points, going 8-for-19 from the floor with a pair of 3-pointers. Kadaja Bailey and Danielle Patterson rounded out the Johnnies top scorers, posting 17 and 11 points, respectively. Rayven Peeples grabbed 13 rebounds for her fifth-straight effort with double-digit boards.

Here's the particulars for today's game -

Site: Lou Carnesecca Arena in Queens N.Y. (Capacity 5602)
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Series: UConn leads, 44-17
Last meeting: No. 1 UConn 77, St. John’s 41, March 6, 2021, in Uncasville, Conn.
TV: SNY (Meghan Culmo, Allen Bestwick, 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 12:30 pm

St. John's Roster - Head coach Joe Tartamella (9th year)
St. John's game notes and stats

St. John’s probable starters, sixth man:​

Leilani Correa, G, 6-0, Jr.; Unique Drake, G, 5-7, Jr.; Kadaja Bailey, G, 6-0, Sr.; Danielle Patterson, G/F, 6-2, Gr.; Rayven Peeples, F, 6-3, Sr.; Danielle Cosgrove, F, 6-4, Sr.

UConn Roster - Head coach Geno Auriemma (37th year)
UConn Game notes and stats

UConn probable starters, sixth man:​

Olivia Nelson-Ododa, F, 6-5, Sr.; Dorka Juhász, F, 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.

Husky Bites -
Last time out - The Huskies beat Seton Hall, 71-38, on Friday in Gampel Pavilion • Senior Olivia Nelson-Ododa notched 17 points, 14 rebounds and five assists vs. the Pirates. • UConn out-rebounded Seton Hall 53-25, and five Huskies had at least six rebounds in the game. • The Huskies scored 38 points in the paint and 21 second-chance points. • UConn was without senior Christyn Williams, who is in COVID protocols, for the second straight game.

INJURY UPDATES • Senior Christyn Williams is currently in COVID protocols and will not be available this weekend. • Sophomore Paige Bueckers suffered a non-contact injury to the left knee in UConn’s win over Notre Dame. Bueckers had surgery on Monday, Dec. 13, to repair a tibial plateau fracture and a meniscus tear. She is expected to be out until sometime in early to mid February • Freshman Azzi Fudd is currently out with a foot injury. She is beginning to run on the foot this week. • Junior Aubrey Griffin will not play this season. She had back surgery on Monday, Jan. 10.

ACTIVE STREAKS • 1,037 straight games without back-to-back losses, including 967 wins (last back-to-back losses: March 7 & 17, 1993). • 165 straight conference wins, including league tournament games (last conference loss: March 12, 2013, 61-59, Notre Dame).

DUCHARME STEPPING UP • With a number of injuries on the UConn roster, freshman Caroline Ducharme has stepped up in her rookie season. • Through the first seven games of the season, Ducharme made six appearances and averaged 3.3 points and 1.8 rebounds per game. • Since Paige Bueckers’ injury in the Notre Dame game, Ducharme has made seven starts in eight games and is leading UConn in that time with 15.5 points per game while adding 4.5 rebounds per game. • Ducharme was the No. 5-ranked recruit in her class.

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[eebmg]

Did not know St. Johns is doing so poorly. On paper, they seem like they should be doing better with Correa, Cosgrove, Patterson. What a head scratcher

 

[hoopsfan22]

Also new Geno Show after the post-game at 3:30. First new episode in over a month I think.

 

[The deacon]

Thanks very much, Carnac, as always.

The Carnesecca gym is always an interesting place to play... should be interesting.

 

[Kaizen]

 

[BBallF]

Always a good preview. Thanks much.

 

[Kaizen]

 

[mrmojack]

Thanks very much, Carnac, as always.

The Carnesecca gym is always an interesting place to play... should be interesting.

Uconn -17 over St Johns

 

[darkstar1]

Thanks Carnac,,as always. I’m watching the Georgia Texh and Kentucky games while waiting for the UConn game. Hard to understand why GTcnit ranked higher. They are legit. Equally puzzling why Kentucky ranked so high. Name recognition?

 

[Carnac]

Thanks Carnac,,as always. I’m watching the Georgia Texh and Kentucky games while waiting for the UConn game. Hard to understand why GTcnit ranked higher. They are legit. Equally puzzling why Kentucky ranked so high. Name recognition?

Today, we can get our first look at freshman sensation Aneesha Morrow and her DePaul Blue Demons. Their game against Xavier is on CBSSN at 2:00 pm ET. I’m recording it to watch after our game. A preview for us since we have to play them twice. We’ve heard a lot about her. To date, she’s been a double double machine every game. I want to see her for myself.