UConn men fall to No. 14 Villanova, 61-55
The Huskies lost to No. 14 Villanova, 61-55, in a non-conference game at Wells Fargo Center.
UConn women are back home on Sunday
But back to the positives. UConn will be at home the next three weeks, starting with Sunday’s American Athletic Conference game against Tulsa at Gampel Pavilion (noon, SNY).
Huskies hit the road for difficult test at No. 14 Villanova
UConn is trying to earn more than a marquee victory on Saturday against No. 14 Villanova in Philadelphia. The Huskies are also trying to earn some respect.
Sun expect to benefit from WNBA's new CBA
Eight of the Connecticut Sun's 12 players from last season are free agents, and the new CBA between the WNBA and its players gives the Sun more salary cap space.
Black Wolves to meet Wings with first place at stake
When the Philadelpha Wings and the New England Black Wolves meet, they call it Rivalry Night. Last season it featured a fistfight.
Local roundup: T-More reaches final of Founder's Tournament
Jared Garcia scored 17 points Friday leading St. Thomas More into the championship game of the Founders Tournament with an 84-55 win over Eduard Montpetit.
H.S. basketball: Ledyard boys beat Woodstock in ECC D-II play
Dorell Cagle had 13 points and six rebounds as Ledyard defeated Woodstock Academy 60-44 in an Eastern Connecticut Conference Division II boys' basketball game on Friday night.
HIGH SCHOOL
VIDEO: Coderre's clutch 3 helps Waterford hand Old Lyme its first loss
A four-point deficit in the first overtime with 10 seconds left – and the game was eventually tied with a 3-pointer from senior Owen Coderre, who may have never made another 3 in his life, including in warm-ups.
Grim helps Ledyard wrestling beat NFA
Ledyard's Braydin Grim bumped up a weight to 170 pounds and won of the most important bouts of the night during Wednesday's 43-33 win over NFA.
New London no match for unbeaten South Kingstown girls
Trailing 11-2 against No. 2 New London, South Kingstown switched to a zone defense and stopped the Whalers cold in a 74-45 rout.
LOCAL SCHEDULES
COLUMNS
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ON THE AIR
Auto Racing
10 p.m., NBCSN — AMA Supercross from Anaheim, Calif.
Basketball
Noon, FS1 — NCAA men: UConn at Villanova.
Noon, Ch. 61 — NCAA men: Seton Hall at St. John's.
Noon, ESPN — NCAA men: North Carolina at Pittsburgh.
Noon, ESPN2 — NCAA men: Baylor at Oklahoma State.
Noon, ESPNU — NCAA men: Ohio State at Penn State.
Noon, YES — NCAA men: Syracuse at Virginia Tech.
Noon, CBSSN — NCAA women: Duquesne at St. Joseph's.
12:30 p.m., NBCSN — NCAA men: La Salle at Rhode Island.
1:30 p.m., Ch. 3 — NCAA men: Auburn at Florida.
2 p.m., CBSSN — NCAA men: St. Bonaventure at Virginia Commonwealth.
2 p.m., ESPN — NCAA men: Kansas at Texas.
2 p.m., ESPN2 — NCAA men: Purdue at Maryland.
2 p.m., ESPNU — NCAA men: West Virginia at Kansas State.
2 p.m., FS1 — NCAA men: Marquette at Georgetown.
2 p.m., SNY — NCAA men: Elon at Delaware.
2 p.m., YES — NCAA men: Clemson at North Carolina State.
2:30 p.m., Ch. 61 — NCAA men: Colorado at Arizona.
2:30 p.m., NBCSN — NCAA men: Richmond at George Mason.
3:30 p.m., Ch. 8 — NBA: Los Angeles Clippers at New Orleans Pelicans.
3:45 p.m., Ch. 3 — NCAA men: Oregon at Washington.
4 p.m., CBSSN — NCAA men: St. Mary's at Pepperdine.
4 p.m., ESPN — NCAA men: Kentucky at Arkansas.
4 p.m., ESPN2 — NCAA men: Houston at Wichita State.
4 p.m., ESPNU — NCAA men: Iowa State at Texas Tech.
4:30 p.m., FS1 — NCAA men: Providence at Creighton.
4:30 p.m., NBCSN — NCAA men: George Washington at Massachusetts.
6 p.m., YES, NBA TV, WFAN (660-AM) — NBA: Milwaukee Bucks at Brooklyn Nets.
6 p.m., CBSSN — NCAA men: New Mexico at UNLV.
6 p.m., ESPN — NCAA men: Louisville at Duke.
6 p.m., ESPN2 — NCAA men: Northern Iowa at Bradley.
6 p.m., ESPNU — NCAA men: South Florida at Central Florida.
7 p.m., NBCSB — NBA: Phoenix Suns at Boston Celtics.
7:30 p.m., MSG — NBA: Philadelphia 76ers at New York Knicks.
8 p.m., CBSSN — NCAA men: Nevada at San Diego State.
8 p.m., ESPN2 — NCAA men: Louisiana State at Mississippi.
8 p.m., ESPNU — NCAA men: Temple at Southern Methodist.
8 p.m., FS1 — NCAA women: West Virginia at Baylor.
8:30 p.m., Ch. 8 — NBA: Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets.
9 p.m., CBSSN — High school boys: Tournament of Champions final from Springfield, Mo.
10 p.m., ESPN2 — NCAA men: Brigham Young at Gonzaga.
10 p.m., ESPNU — NCAA men: Utah State at Boise State.
Boxing
6:30 p.m., FS1 — Undercard bouts from Philadelphia.
8 p.m., Ch. 61 — Julian Williams vs. Jeison Rosario in a super welterweight bout from Philadelphia.
10 p.m., ESPN — Eleider Alvarez vs. Michael Seals in a light heavyweight bout from Verona, N.Y.
Football
3 p.m., NFL Network — NCAA: East-West Shrine Classic from St. Petersburg, Fla.
5 p.m., FS1 — NCAA: NFLPA Collegiate Bowl from Pasadena, Calif.
Midnight, CBSSN — High school: Polynesian Bowl from Halawa, Hawaii.
Golf
3:30 a.m., Golf Channel — European PGA: Abu Dhabi Championship from United Arab Emirates.
Noon, ESPNews — Latin America Amateur Championship from Mayakoba, Mexico.
2 p.m., Golf Channel — LPGA: Tournament of Champions from Orlando, Fla.
3 p.m., Ch. 30 — LPGA: Tournament of Champions from Orlando, Fla.
3 p.m., Golf Channel — PGA: The American Express from Palm Springs, Calif.
7 p.m., Golf Channel — Champions: Mitsubishi Electric Championship from Ka'upulehu-Kona, Hawaii.
1:30 a.m. (Sunday), Golf Channel — Asian Tour: Singapore Open.
3:30 a.m. (Sunday), Golf Channel — European PGA: Abu Dhabi Championship from United Arab Emirates.
Hockey
4 p.m., NESN — NCAA men: UConn at Northeastern.
7 p.m., NESN — NCAA men: Providence at New Hampshire.
7 p.m., NHL Network — NHL: Chicago Blackhawks at Toronto Maple Leafs.
Mixed Martial Arts
8 p.m., ESPN — UFC 246 preliminaries from Las Vegas.
Rugby
1 a.m. (Sunday), NBCSN — European Cup: Northampton at Lyon. (taped today)
Soccer
7:25 a.m., NBCSN — Premier League: Tottenham at Watford.
9:30 a.m., FS1 — Bundesliga: Borussia Dortmund at FC Augsburg.
9:55 a.m., NBCSN — Premier League: Sheffield United at Arsenal.
12:30 p.m., Ch. 30 — Premier League: Chelsea at Newcastle United.
Swimming
6:30 p.m., NBCSN — Pro Swim Series from Knoxville, Tenn.
Winter Sports
5 p.m., Ch. 30 — World Cup women's giant slalom skiing from Sestriere, Italy. (taped today)
8 p.m., NBCSN — World Cup men's downhill skiing from Wengen, Switzerland. (taped today)
CT SUN
Sun's 2020 schedule announced
The Connecticut Sun will play two of their four nationally televised games at the Washington Mystics in a rematch of last season's WNBA Finals, according to the league's regular-season schedule announced Thursday.
LOCAL ROUNDUP
Coast Guard women begin league play 11-4, but still have work to do
Renee Hudson scored 38 as New England College beat Coast Guard on Thursday night 81-70 in a women's basketball game.
Local roundup: Ericson leads the way as NFA girls win fourth straight
Sarah Ericson made four 3-pointers and scored 21 for Norwich Free Academy in its 52-34 win over East Lyme on Thursday in an Eastern Connecticut Conference Division I girls’ basketball game.
PROFESSIONAL
AP source: Giants hiring Jason Garrett as offensive coordinator
Jason Garrett is headed to the other side of the Giants-Cowboys rivalry.
Rodgers-Sherman matchup highlights NFC title game
Waiting for Sherman will be the same quarterback he faced the last time he made it to the conference title game five years ago in Aaron Rodgers for the latest matchup between two of the NFL's best who have nothing but respect for each other.
Titans kicker OK kicking extra points
The Tennessee Titans have found a way to fix the NFL's worst field goal unit: Ignore the kicker and just score touchdowns.
Fowler, Scheffler share lead in American Express tournament
Rickie Fowler came to The American Express for the first time in six years to prepare for the next two weeks at Torrey Pines and TPC Scottsdale.
Red Sox fans make pitch for Varitek as manager
Three days after the Red Sox fired manager Alex Cora for his involvement in a cheating scandal, supporters pleaded for the front office to hire former catcher and team captain Jason Varitek during the team's winter festival.
Red Sox: Cora departure won't force a Mookie Betts trade
The Boston Red Sox say the turmoil in the manager's office isn't a reason to give up on this season and trade outfielder Mookie Betts.
Antetokounmpo, Bucks hold off Celtics, 128-123
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 32 points and 17 rebounds, Khris Middleton scored 23 and the Milwaukee Bucks held off the Boston Celtics 128-123 on Thursday night.
UCONN
No. 4 UConn breaks loose late in first half, beats UCF 59-52
Megan Walker scored 19 points and Crystal Dangerfield sparked a big first-half rally, leading No. 4 UConn to a 59-52 win over Central Florida on Thursday night.
UConn women need more consistency from Nelson-Ododa
It’s one thing to get dominated by Baylor’s Lauren Cox, who is probably the best post player in the country. But it shouldn’t happen in American Athletic Conference play to UConn center Olivia Nelson-Ododa,
No. 4 UConn pulls away from Memphis
Crystal Dangerfield scored 24 and fourth-ranked UConn used a late run to pull away from Memphis in a 68-56 on Tuesday night.
COLLEGES
Ionescu has 37 and No. 6 Oregon downs No. 3 Stanford 87-55
Sabrina Ionescu had a career-high 37 points to become Oregon's all-time leading scorer, and the sixth-ranked Ducks handed No. 3 Stanford its first conference loss with an 87-55 victory Thursday night.
Jeffries, Achiuwa lead No. 22 Memphis past Cincinnati 60-49
DJ Jeffries scored 18 points, Precious Achiuwa added 12 points and 11 rebounds and No. 22 Memphis used a rally midway through the second half to defeat Cincinnati 60-49.
Top 25 men's and women's basketball roundup
Elissa Cunane scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and No. 9 North Carolina State beat No. 13 Florida State 68-51.
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