Huskies Healthy to Face St. John’s
The Story: The No. 4-ranked women’s basketball team will have enough healthy players to take on St. John’s tomorrow night after its game against DePaul, scheduled for Sunday, was postponed.
ALL CLEAR: A team spokesperson said yesterday afternoon that the Huskies (13-2, 6-0 Big East) have “at least seven players” eligible to face the Red Storm (14-1, 5-1 Big East).
• UConn’s home game against DePaul had to be called off Friday evening, before the Blue Demons traveled to Connecticut, because the Huskies didn’t have the Big East minimum of seven players available for the game.
WHO’S BACK? The school didn’t specify, but the four players who aren’t out for the season are on the mend. That means sophomore guards Azzi Fudd (right knee) and Caroline Ducharme (concussion), or junior forward Aaliyah Edwards (right ankle) or freshman forward Ayanna Patterson (possible concussion), who were injured against Butler on Thursday, will be available.
• Fudd, who was injured in the Huskies’ loss at Notre Dame on Dec. 4, has participated in warmups the last three games. She was initially expected to miss three to six weeks, and a return tomorrow night would come at five and a half weeks since the injury.
UP IN THE POLLS: Despite being in that predicament, the Huskies moved up to No. 4 in the Associated Press poll yesterday afternoon. They’re behind South Carolina, Stanford and Ohio State.
Morning Reads
• A loss at Providence and a win over Creighton means the men’s basketball team fell to No. 6 in the Associated Press poll. (Hartford Courant)
• One of Dan Hurley‘s “Fab Five” recruiting class, Youssouf Singare, said he “can’t wait” to play with Donovan Clingan next season as he thinks Adama Sanogo will head to the NBA. (ZagsBlog.com)
• The men’s hockey team dropped two spots to No. 11 in the USCHO poll yesterday after its tough 4-1 loss to Northeastern at Fenway Park. (USCHO.com)
• Even though it was off last weekend, the women’s hockey team fell to No. 15 from No. 14 in the rankings. (USCHO.com)
• Ray Eldridge, a defensive tackle at Richmond, has announced he will transfer to UConn. (Ray Eldridge on Twitter)
• Former UConn guard Mir McLean, now Virginia’s leading scorer, left a game against N.C. State on Sunday in the third quarter with what appeared to be a serious knee injury. Even former players can’t catch a break. (Charlottesville Daily Progress)
Top photo: Geno Auriemma, Nika Muhl and the Huskies will be back in action tomorrow after their last game was postponed. (Ian Bethune for the UConn Daily)
