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No. 10 UConn Travels to Butler Wednesday
1/11/2022 12:21:00 PM | Women's Basketball
STORRS, Conn. – The 10th-ranked UConn women's basketball team (7-3, 2-0 BIG EAST) travels to Butler (1-11, 0-3) Wednesday for a 7 p.m. game in Hinkle Fieldhouse. The game will air on SNY and the UConn Sports Network.
UConn returned from a 21-day hiatus between games to pick up a 63-55 win over Creighton Sunday. Freshman Caroline Ducharme led the Huskies with 17 points and three blocks. Ducharme is averaging 18.3 points in the last three games. Senior Christyn Williams added 13 points and sophomore Aaliyah Edwards had 12 off the bench.
UConn is 2-0 all-time vs. Butler. The teams faced off in their first two meetings last season: a 103-35 UConn win in Storrs on Jan. 19 and a 97-68 UConn win in Indianapolis on Feb. 27. On Feb. 27, Paige Bueckers set the UConn single-game record with 14 assists.
Butler last played on Dec. 29, a 77-55 loss to Xavier. The Bulldogs last four games were canceled due to COVID. This season, Celena Taborn leads the team with 14.4 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. Head coach Kurt Godlevske is in his eighth season at Butler.
The Huskies return to Hartford on Saturday to host Xavier at noon. UConn women's basketball will host its first-ever Pride Game. Fans can purchase a Husky Pride t-shirt HERE with a portion of proceeds benefitting The Trevor Project.
Beginning with Saturday's game, all attendees to UConn athletic contests will be required to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test. For more information on the policy, click HERE.
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.
RADIO
UConn's game vs. Butler will be available on The River 105.9 and can be steamed through the Varsity Network.
