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No. 6 UConn Travels to Houston for Regular Season Road Finale
2/28/2020 10:47:00 AM | Women's Basketball
STORRS, Conn. – The sixth-ranked UConn women's basketball team (24-3, 14-0 American) goes on the road for the final time in the regular season to Houston (12-16, 5-9) Saturday. The teams will tip at 3 p.m. ET on SNY/ESPN3 and The River 105.9.
UConn is coming off its first 100-point performance of the season, a 105-58 win over Cincinnati Wednesday. Sophomore Christyn Williams (26), junior Megan Walker (25) and freshman Anna Makurat (20) combined for 71 points in the win.
UConn is 9-0 all-time vs. Houston. The Huskies beat the Cougars, 91-51, on Jan. 11 in the XL Center. Walker led UConn with 22 points while Williams had 22.
The Huskies won their seventh straight American Athletic Conference regular season title last week. UConn is 116-0 in regular-season play and 134-0 including tournament play.
Connecticut will be the No. 1 seed in the upcoming American Athletic Conference Tournament March 6-9 at Mohegan Sun Arena. For more on the championship, click HERE.
After helping the Huskies to two conference wins and the regular season title, Walker and Makurat swept the American Athletic Conference's weekly honors as Player and Freshman of the Week, respectively. Walker averaged 19.0 points and 8.0 rebounds while shooting 53.8 percent from the field and 54.5 from three. This is her fourth Player of the Week honor this season. Makurat averaged 17.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per game while shooting 65 percent from the field and 50 percent from three. This is her third Freshman of the Week honor.
Four Huskies were named finalists for the Basketball Hall of Fame's position player of the year awards. Senior Crystal Dangerfield (Nancy Lieberman Award), junior Megan Walker (Cheryl Miller Award), sophomore Christyn Williams (Ann Meyers Drysdale Award) and sophomore Olivia Nelson-Ododa (Lisa Leslie Award) are on the 10-player finalist lists for their positions. Fans can vote for their selections HERE.
