1/1 Connecticut Huskies (13-0, 1-0 AAC)

Results: Connecticut 67, Cincinnati 34
Player of the Game: So. F Breanna Stewart (12p, 12r, 1a, 4s, 2b, 28m)
Def. Player of the Game: So. F Breanna Stewart (10dr, 4s, 2b, 28m)
Fr. Player of the Game: Fr. G Saniya Chong (9p, 3r, 20m)
Stat of the Game: Steals: UConn 14, Cincinnati 2

Summary: It wasn't pretty. Nough said. UConn All-American candidate So. F Breanna Stewart had her fourth straight double-double with 12pts. and 12rebs. and the Huskies held Cincinnati scoreless for the game's first six minutes and led 16-0 before pulling away again in the 2nd half to blowout Cincinnati, 67-34. UConn So. G Moriah Jefferson and All-American Sr. G Bria Hartley each added 12 points for the Huskies which won its first ever American Athletic Conference game despite being held 19 points below its season average. Prior to the start of the game, UConn honored their national championship teams from 2003 and 2004, unveiling banners on the arena's wall of honor. Several former players attended the ceremony, but star Diana Taurasi was not among them. She is playing basketball overseas.

Game notes (pdf) for today's game vs Cincinnati Bearcats (7-4, 0-0 AAC).

Location: Gampel Pavilion (Storrs, CT)
Time: 5:00pm (ET)
TV: ESPN
Internet: ESPN3
Radio: UConn Radio Network/WTIC
Live Stats: GameTracker

Player of the Week

UConn So. All-American candidate F Breanna Stewart was named the American Player of the Week after she averaged 26.5ppg and 10.5rpg while shooting 54.1 percent from the floor and helped the #1 ranked and undefeated Huskies go 2-0 for the week with wins at No. 2/2 Duke and over No. 21/20 California. Stewart opened the week with a 24-point, 11-rebound performance against the Blue Devils in the Jimmy V Classic in Durham. Stewart followed that with a career-high tying 29 points versus Cal in the Maggie Dixon Classic. She shot 12-for-18 from the field in only 27 minutes of action and added 10 rebounds for her third consecutive double-double.

The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has selected UConn So. All-American candidate F Breanna Stewart as its Ann Meyers Drysdale Women's National Player of the Week for games ending the week of Sunday, Dec. 22. As the AAC Player of the Week, Stewart was nominated for the weekly award, which was chosen by a representative of the USBWA board of directors from a list of Division I conference players of the week. Stewart, a 6-4 sophomore from Syracuse, N.Y., who was the Most Outstanding Player of the 2013 NCAA Women’s Final Four in April, averaged 26.5ppg, 10.5rpg and shot 54.1 percent from the field and had two double-doubles for the #1 ranked and undefeated Huskies in wins over then-No. 2 Duke and then-No. 21 California as the defending NCAA champions stayed unbeaten at 12-0.

1/1 Connecticut Huskies (12-0)

Results: Connecticut 80, California 47
Player of the Game: So. F Breanna Stewart (29p, 10r, 2a, 2s, 1b, 27m)
Def. Player of the Game: So. F Breanna Stewart (9dr, 2s, 1b, 27m)
Fr. Player of the Game: Fr. G Saniya Chong (2p, 2r, 1a, 19m)
Stat of the Game: 1st Half Score: Breanna Stewart 21, California 20

Summary: UConn Head Coach Geno Auriemma says he has coached some of women's basketball's best players at UConn and none had the God-given gifts like So. F Breanna Stewart. The UConn All-American candidate matched her career high with 29 points to lift undefeated Connecticut easily over California, 80-47 in the Maggie Dixon Classic at Madison Square Garden. Stewart also had 10 rebounds for the Huskies, who were coming off a rout of No. 2 Duke on Tuesday night. Just as in that game, Stewart made her presence felt early and often. She had 13 of the Huskies' first 16 points and finished the half with 21 - one more than Cal had at that point. UConn led by 20 at halftime. Stewart left the game for good with over 12 minutes left and her team up 30 points. So. F Morgan Tuck bounced back from a rough game against Duke to score a season-high 12pts. off the bench in only her 2nd game since returning from knee surgery while UConn All-American Jr. W Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis chipped in 10pts. This was UConn's third appearance in the Maggie Dixon Classic. The Huskies met Ohio State in 2010 Classic and beat the Buckeyes to match UCLA's vaunted 88-game winning streak.

Game notes (pdf) for today's game vs 21/20 California Golden Bears (7-2).

Event: 2013 Maggie Dixon Classic
Location: Madison Square Garden (New York City, NY)
Time: 1:30pm (ET)
TV: ESPN
Internet: ESPN3
Radio: UConn Radio Network/WTIC
Live Stats: N/A

1/1 Connecticut Huskies (11-0)

Results: Connecticut 83, Duke 61
Player of the Game: So. F Breanna Stewart (24p, 11r, 3a, 1s, 3b, 36m)
Def. Player of the Game: Sr. C Stefanie Dolson (7dr, 2s, 2b, 38m)
Fr. Player of the Game: none (first time ever - in 6 yrs)
Stat of the Game: 3Pt Shooting: UConn 12/24 (50%), Duke 4/18 (22%)

Summary: For only the 3rd game this season, UConn had it's full roster available and just in time for the big showdown of undefeated 1 vs. 2. For the 11th game this season (out of 11), UConn made its opponent look like they didn't belong. UConn All-American Jr. W Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis made her first appearance back on the court after injurying her shooting elbow against Stanford almost 5 weeks ago, coming off the bench to hit a career-high 7 3s and score 21pts. in 27mins. as the Huskies annihilated Duke (once again), 83-61 tonight in the 2013 Women's Jimmy V Classic. UConn All-American candidate So. F Breanna Stewart led the charge with a double-double of 24pts. and 11rebs. while adding 3asts., and 3blks. as UConn led by as many as 27pts. in the 2nd half after leading by as many as 23pts. in the first. By the 2nd media timeout in the 1st half, Stewart had more pts. (12) than Duke did as a team (11). UConn All-American Sr. C Stefanie Dolson was her usual brilliant self finishing 14pts., 9rebs., 6asts., 2stls., 2blks. while playing 38mins. and So. G Moriah Jefferson showed once again that she is the point guard of the future for the Huskies chipping in 9pts., 3rebs., 7asts., and 3stls. in what UConn Head Coach Geno Auriemma described as "her best game in a UConn uniform".

Game notes (pdf) for today's game at 2/2 Duke Blue Devils (10-0).

Event: 2013 Women's Jimmy V Classic
Location: Cameron Indoor Stadium (Durham, NC)
Time: 7:00pm (ET)
TV: ESPN2
Internet: ESPN3
Radio: UConn Radio Network/WTIC
Live Stats: N/A

Injury Update (Good News...finally!!)

UConn All-American Jr. W Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis has not played in a game since suffering a nerve contusion of her right elbow during a fall with 18:08 left in the second half against Stanford Nov. 11. UConn So. F Morgan Tuck has not played in a game since undergoing arthroscopic surgery on her right knee Nov. 12. They have each missed the last eight games for No. 1 UConn. However, this streak is expected to end Tuesday at No. 2 Duke in the Jimmy V Classic. Huskies’ coach Geno Auriemma said today that they are listed as probable for the nationally televised showdown. And both players said they expect to play against the Blue Devils as well as UConn Jr. C Kiah Stokes who missed the UC Davis game on Dec. 5th after turning her left ankle in practice Dec 4th and being held out for a week as a precaution.

1/1 Connecticut Huskies (10-0)

Results: Connecticut 97, UC Davis 37
Player of the Game: Sr. G Bria Hartley (25p, 4r, 5a, 3s, 25m)
Def. Player of the Game: So. F Breanna Stweart (8dr, 1s, 3b, 32m)
Fr. Player of the Game: Fr. G Saniya Chong (10p, 6r, 4a, 1s, 1b, 28m)
Stat of the Game: Pts. Off TOs: UConn 40, UC Davis 10

Summary: Top-ranked  and undefeated UConn has been banged up, but barely challenged while playing 10 games in the first month of the season. UConn All-American Sr. G Bria Hartley scored 20 of her 25 points before halftime as the undefeated Huskies finished that stretch by routing UC Davis, 97-37. She outscored UC Davis 20-17 by herself in the first half and finished the game 8 of 9 from the floor during the game, including all five she attempted from 3-point range. UConn All-American candidate So. F Breanna Stewart added 19 points, 13 rebounds and five assists which was playing with just six scholarship players because of injuries due to Jr. C Kiah Stokes being out after turning an ankle in practice Wednesday. It was the Huskies' final tuneup before a showdown on Dec. 17 with No. 2 Duke. The Huskies used an early 22-0 run to break this game open and led by 43 points at halftime. Hartley became the 19th player at UConn to reach 1,500 points in her career.

Game notes (pdf) for today's game vs. UC Davis Aggies (2-4).

Location: XL Center (Hartford, CT)
Time: 7:00pm (ET)
TV: SNY
Internet: ESPN3
Radio: UConn Radio Network/WTIC
Live Stats: GameTracker

1/1 Connecticut Huskies (9-0)

Results: Connecticut 70, Ohio State 49
Player of the Game: Sr. G Bria Hartley (17p, 3r, 4a, 4s, 37m)
Def. Player of the Game: So. F Breanna Stweart (8dr, 6b, 32m)
Fr. Player of the Game: Fr. G Saniya Chong (6p, 1r, 1a, 21m)
Stat of the Game: Pts. in the Paint: UConn 40, Ohio State 16

Summary: It's been 21 years and counting since the UConn Huskies lost a regular-season tournament. The undefeated Huskies have won 52 consecutive in-season tournament games with the last loss coming in 1992 to Vanderbilt. UConn Sr. All-Americans G Bria Hartley and C Stefanie Dolson led the way with 17pts./4asts./4stls. and 15pts./13rebs., respecticely as the Huskies pulled away in the 2nd half to beat Ohio State, 70-49, to win the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Challenge. UConn was a bit rusty at the start against Ohio State. It's no surprise with the Huskies coming off a much-needed seven-day break, having played four games in five days. But Jr. G Brianna Banks sparked the Huskies and finished with a season-high 12pts. and 7rebs.

Game notes (pdf) for today's game vs. Ohio State Buckeyes (6-2).

Event: 2013 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Challenge
Location: MassMutual Center (Springfield, MA)
Time: 5:30pm (ET)
TV: ESPN2
Internet: ESPN3
Radio: UConn Radio Network/WTIC
Live Stats: MAAC Live Stats