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No. 10 UConn Hosts Xavier for Pride Game
1/14/2022 1:49:00 PM | Women's Basketball
STORRS, Conn. – The 10th-ranked UConn women's basketball team (8-3, 3-0 BIG EAST) returns to the XL Center for the first time since November to host Xavier (6-8, 1-4) on Saturday at 12 p.m. The game will air on SNY and the UConn Sports Network.
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.
UConn women's basketball will host its first-ever Pride Game on Saturday to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. The Huskies will wear Pride shooting shirts, which are available for purchase HERE.
The Huskies are coming off their most complete game of the season, a 92-47 win over Butler Wednesday. Senior Christyn Williams posted 19 points, seven rebounds, seven steals and four assists while senior Olivia Nelson-Ododa had 19 points, seven rebounds, five assists and three steals. UConn made 19 steals in the game and scored 43 points off turnovers.
UConn is 3-0 all-time vs. Xavier. The teams faced off twice last season: a 106-59 UConn win in Storrs on Dec. 19, 2020 and an 83-32 UConn win on Feb. 20, 2021, in Cincinnati. Christyn Williams averaged 23.0 points per game vs. the Musketeers last season.
Xavier is coming off a 54-49 loss to Providence last Tuesday. Mackayla Scarlett led the Musketeers with 17 points in the game. This season, Nia Clark leads Xavier with 14.1 points per game. Head coach Melanie Moore is in her third season at Xavier.
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. Xavier will be available on 97-9 ESPN and can be steamed through the Varsity Network.
