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Tuesday, December 03, 2024
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Tuesday, December 03, 2024
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UCONN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Storrs — Freshman Sarah Strong scored 22 points and No. 2 UConn outscored Holy Cross by 30 points in the second half of an 88-52 victory on Tuesday night.
Kaitlyn Chen sc...
Storrs — Redshirt senior Paige Bueckers was name Big East Conference Player of the Week after leading the UConn women’s basketball team to the Baha Mar Women’s Championsh...
Paradise Island, Bahamas — Paige Bueckers scored 29 points, Azzi Fudd added 18 and No. 2 UConn defeated No. 18 Mississippi 73-60 in the final of the Baha Mar Women's Cham...
Nassau, Bahamas — Paige Bueckers scored 23 points on 9-of-13 shooting and No. 2 UConn never trailed Monday night as the Huskies beat Oregon State 71-52 at the Baha Mar Wo...
It was the very first play for which Azzi Fudd was on the floor in more than a year for the UConn women’s basketball team.
Her friend and teammate Paige Bueckers found he...
UCONN MEN'S BASKETBALL
Storrs — The visit to Hawaii for the Maui Invitational was not exactly a trip to paradise for two-time defending national champion UConn.
Coach Dan Hurley was very much i...
Hartford — Liam McNeeley and Jaylin Stewart each scored 16 points as the second-ranked UConn men's basketball team snapped a three-game losing streak with a 99-45 win ove...
UConn returned to campus Thursday night after a long flight from Hawaii still reeling from three straight losses, something that hasn’t happened since January 2023, in th...
Lahaina, Hawaii — UConn forward Alex Karaban was taken to a hospital with a head injury after the No. 2 Huskies' 85-67 loss to Dayton in the seventh-place game of the Mau...
Lahaina, Hawaii — Andrej Jakimovski converted an off-balance layup with 8 seconds left, and Colorado handed No. 2 UConn its second loss in two days at the Maui Invitation...
UConn blunts UMass upset bid topping Minutemen 47-42
Amherst, Mass. — Joe Fagnano threw for three touchdowns, Cam Edwards ran for 142 yards and accounted for two touchdowns and UConn outlasted UMass 47-42 on Saturday to end...
UCONN FOOTBALL
Location: McGuirk Alumni Stadium, Amherst, Mass.
Kickoff: 12 p.m. (ESPN+)
Records: UConn 7-4, UMass 2-9
Last game: UConn lost at Syracuse, 31-24, Saturday...
Syracuse, N.Y. — Kyle McCord threw for a career-high 470 yards with two touchdowns to lead Syracuse to a 31-24 win over UConn on Saturday.
The win gives the Orange (8-3) ...
Location: JMA Wireless Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.
Kickoff: Noon
Records: UConn 7-3, Syracuse 7-3
Last game: UConn won at Alabama-Birmingham, 31-23, on Nov. 9; ...
Storrs — When Jim Mora arrived in Storrs after taking the UConn football job in 2021, he and his wife Kathy went out to dinner with Geno and Kathy Auriemma.
Listening to ...
Birmingham, Ala. — Cam Edwards scored on a 48-yard run with 2:39 remaining to cap UConn's 21-point quarter and the Huskies erased a 17-point deficit to beat UAB 31-23 on ...
Location: Protective Stadium, Birmingham, Ala.
Kickoff: 2:30 p.m.
Records: UConn 6-3, UAB 2-6
Last game: UConn beat Georgia State, 34-27, Friday; UAB defe...
Colleges
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...
Gator Bowl
No. 19 Notre Dame 45, No. 20 South Carolina 38
Tyler Buchner accounted for five touchdowns to help offset two interceptions returned for touchdowns, ...
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Basketball
6:30 p.m., FS1 — NCAA men: Cincinnati at Villanova.
6:30 p.m., FS2 — NCAA men: Eastern Illinois at Butler.
7 p.m., SNY — NCAA women: Holy Cros...
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