Storrs — It seems rather fitting that the picture in the UConn women's basketball media guide next to Katie Lou Samuelson's game-by-game statistics from her freshman season is her picture-perfect form while firing up a 3-pointer.

Samuelson had nearly twice as many 3-pointers attempted as she had inside the 3-point line during in her first season as a Husky. That tendency is hardly stunning since older sisters Bonnie and Karlie combined to take more than 75 percent of their shots from 3-point range while at Stanford.

Samuelson, however, was determined to add layers to her game this season.

Heading into Sunday's game against Tulane (1 p.m., ESPN2), when the Huskies look to extend their NCAA record winning streak to 93 games, Samuelson has already posted seven games during her sophomore season where she took more shots inside the 3-point line than she did behind the arc.

The only times that happened in 29 regular-season games as a freshman was against South Carolina (when she only attempted one shot) and in the following game at Temple.

"I was counting on Lou to do exactly what she was doing," UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. "I knew Lou would come back and be a much better player. She is not content to be just a great shooter. Last year, she floated around waiting for her shot but she has become a basketball player."

In her opinion, there is not an area she has worked harder on than moving without the ball.

"I definitely feel more comfortable now even if the 3s aren't going as well as I would like them to," Samuelson said. "I can still do some other things. I would stay in one spot or come of screens if it was necessary in games (as a freshman). I have been trying to cut more, do different things.

"It started just in individual workouts, the things I was doing at the beginning of the year and trying to put that into practices. I was making sure I put in extra work to make sure I work on ball handling and things just to clean it up that I won't have a chance to do during practice."

The hard work has paid off. Samuelson has scored in double figures in every game this season and leads UConn in scoring (21.4 points per game).

"I think it is important that my team knows that they can count me when we need a bucket or I am consistently going to be able to knock in shots, but I wouldn't say that the points are important but it is just the trust that I am going to knock in shots that they know I can hit," Samuelson said. "They know I am going to do it every single game, not I will do it a couple games and then I will go 0 for whatever, I am going to consistently knock in shots every single game."