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No. 1 UConn, No. 15 Tennessee to Battle Sunday in Hartford
1/31/2026 1:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
STORRS, Conn. – The No. 1 UConn women's basketball team (22-0) hosts No. 15 Tennessee (14-4) in PeoplesBank Arena Sunday at noon. The game will air on FOX and the UConn Sports Network from Learfield (FOX Sports 97.9).
Sunday's game is a WHITE OUT. All fans in attendance are encouraged to wear white. The first 10,000 fans in attendance will receive a free t-shirt, courtesy of Aquaphor.
Sophomore Allie Ziebell tied a program record with 10 made three pointers and scored 34 points in a 97-39 win over Xavier on Wednesday. Ziebell's 34 points are the most by a UConn bench player in a game. She shot 11-15 and 10-14 from three-point range.
Sophomore Sarah Strong had 25 points on 10-14 shooting. Junior Ashlynn Shade stuffed the stat sheet with 12 points, six rebounds, six assists and nine steals while sophomore Kayleigh Heckel had eight rebounds and eight assists. The Huskies had 48 points off turnovers vs. the Musketeers.
The Huskies lead the nation with 24.4 assists per game. UConn has dished out 20+ assists in its last 21 games. Junior KK Arnold ranks first nationally with a 4.75 assist-turnover ratio.
UConn is 17-10 all-time vs. Tennessee. The teams last faced off on Feb. 6, 2025, in Knoxville, Tenn., an 80-76 win for the Lady Vols, which was the Huskies' last loss. Twenty-six of the teams' 27 meetings have been with both teams ranked in the AP poll. Twenty-three games have been top-15 matchups.
Tennessee lost to Mississippi State, 77-62, on Thursday. This season, Talaysia Cooper leads the Lady Vols with 14.7 points per game. Four players are averaging double-digit points. Head coach Kim Caldwell is in her second season at Tennessee.
