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Friday, December 01, 2023
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Friday, December 01, 2023
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UCONN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
George Town, Cayman Islands — Paige Bueckers scored 22 points and Aubrey Griffin added 20 as No. 6 UConn beat Kansas 71-63 on Saturday at the Cayman Islands Classic.
Grif...
George Town, Cayman Islands — Kiki Rice scored 24 points and No. 2 UCLA held off No, 6 UConn 78-67 on Friday in the Cayman Islands Classic.
Rice also had 11 rebounds and ...
The No. 6 UConn women play in the inaugural Cayman Islands Classic, starting with a matchup against No. 2 UCLA on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
The Huskies (3-1) face Kansas on Sat...
Storrs — UConn guard Azzi Fudd will miss the remainder of the season with a noncontact knee injury she sustained last week during practice, the school said Wednesday.
Fud...
Minneapolis — Paige Bueckers has played in packed arenas across the country for Connecticut and big games all over the globe with USA Basketball. Coming home to Minnesota...
UCONN MEN'S BASKETBALL
This isn’t just another regular season game.
On Friday at a sold-out Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas, college basketball’s last two national champions will meet at ...
Storrs – Donovan Clingan enjoys playing in the spotlight.
He embraces the challenge that comes with marquee matchups like Friday’s non-conference game against No. 5 Kansa...
Storrs — One year, eight months and 10 days prior to Monday’s game, UConn walked off the court after an upsetting loss to New Mexico State in the NCAA tournament first ro...
No matter the competition, the UConn men’s basketball team has gone right to work, punching in and punching out its opponents.
The fifth-ranked Huskies have avoided letdo...
Hartford — With UConn well on its way to another blowout win on Friday, the XL Center crowd turned its attention to the Tristen Newton Triple Double Watch.
Fans cheered e...
UConn football ends season with 31-18 victory over Minutemen
Amherst, Mass. — Cam Edwards ran for 102 yards and two touchdowns and Mumu Bin-Wahad opened the scoring with a 45-yard pick-six to lead the UConn football team to a 31-18...
UCONN FOOTBALL
Location: McGuirk Alumni Stadium, Amherst, Mass.
Kickoff: noon (ESPN+)
Records: UConn 2-9, UMass 3-8
Last game: UConn beat Sacred Heart, 31-3, Saturday; U...
Storrs — Ta’Quan Roberson threw four touchdown passes and the UConn football team ended a four-game losing streak with a 31-3 victory over FCS program Sacred Heart on Sa...
Location: Rentschler Field, East Hartford
Kickoff: noon (WFSB Channel 3)
Records: UConn 1-9, Sacred Heart 2-8
Last game: UConn lost at No. 21 James Madiso...
Location: Bridgeforth Stadium, Harrisonburg, Virginia
Kickoff: 2 p.m. (ESPN+)
Records: UConn 1-8, James Madison 9-0
Last game: UConn lost at nationally ra...
Chestnut Hill, Mass. — UConn’s defense spent too much time on the field on a warm fall Saturday afternoon.
Blame its inability to stop Boston College’s attack as well as ...
Location: Alumni Field, Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Kickoff: noon (ACC Network)
Records: UConn 1-6, Boston College 4-3
Last game: UConn lost to South Florida, 24...
Colleges
Heat 100, Cavaliers 97
Jimmy Butler scored 23 points, Bam Adebayo added 18 points and 11 rebounds and the Miami Heat showed their experience down the stretch in a 10...
Los Angeles — Charles White, the Southern California tailback who won the Heisman Trophy in 1979, died Wednesday. He was 64.
USC announced the death of White, who is stil...
El Segundo, Calif. — Georgia coach Kirby Smart was part of college football's greatest dynasty as an assistant for Nick Saban at Alabama and now is on the verge of launch...
Frisco, Texas — Mark Gronowski threw three touchdowns passes and ran 51 yards for another score as South Dakota State won its first national championship with a 45-21 win...
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