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No. 10 UConn, Providence to Compete Sunday Evening
1/29/2022 6:07:00 PM | Women's Basketball
STORRS, Conn. – The 10th-ranked UConn women's basketball team (12-4, 7-0 BIG EAST) faces familiar BIG EAST foe Providence (9-10, 4-6) at 7:30 p.m. at Alumni Hall Sunday. The game will air on SNY and the UConn Sports Network.
The game was initially scheduled for 11 a.m. at Dunkin' Donuts Center. Due to severe winter weather and the Providence men's game needing to move, the women's game changed to 7:30 p.m. on the Friars' campus.
Freshman Caroline Ducharme scored the game winner with 1.5 seconds left to lead UConn past DePaul, 80-78, on Wednesday. Ducharme led the Huskies with 19 points in the game. Senior Christyn Williams returned after missing three games in COVID protocols and scored 17 points. Â Freshman Azzi Fudd played for the first time since Nov. 22 and added 15 points in 22 minutes. The Blue Demons used a 21-2 run in the second quarter to take a 40-31 lead into halftime. The Huskies outscored DePaul 23-13 in the third to retake the advantage. The teams traded leads nine times and had five ties.
UConn is 41-21 all-time vs. Providence, including 40-10 under head coach Geno Auriemma. This is UConn's first trip to Providence since Feb. 12, 2013. UConn won the only meeting between the teams last season, 87-50. Paige Bueckers led UConn with 23 points in the game while five Huskies scored in double digits.
Providence is coming off a 95-71 loss at Creighton Friday. This season, Janai Crooms leads the Friars with 13.1 points and 9.1 rebounds per game. Head coach Jim Crowley is in his sixth season at Providence.
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. Providence will be available on 97-9 ESPN and can be streamed through the Varsity Network.
