Game notes (pdf) for today's game vs Temple Owls (8-6, 2-2 AAC).

Location: Webster Bank Arena (Bridgeport, CT)
Time: 12:00pm (ET)
TV: SNY
Internet: ESPN3
Radio: UConn IMG Radio Network/WTIC
Live Stats: GameTracker

1/1 Connecticut Huskies (16-0, 4-0 AAC)

Results: Connecticut 90, Houston 40
Player of the Game: So. F Breanna Stewart (24p, 9r, 4a, 2s, 6b, 21m)
Def. Player of the Game: Sr. C Stefanie Dolson (7dr, 2s, 7b, 22m)
Fr. Player of the Game: Fr. G Saniya Chong (6p, 1r, 2a, 1s, 1b, 22m)
Stat of the Game: Blocks: UConn 17, Houston 2

Summary: On a day when she was honored for the second time as USA basketball's female athlete of the year, UConn All-American candidate So. F Breanna Stewart showed why it's a good bet she will get that chance in a couple of years. Stewart finished with 24pts., 9rebs., 4asts., 2stls., and 6blks. in just 21mins. to lead top-ranked and undefeated UConn roll over Houston, 90-40 in the first-ever meeting between the two programs. She said her Olympic dream is a big part of what motivates her to play well.

"Obviously there's great players in this country and in other countries," Stewart said. "I just have to really keep working hard and getting better, and hopefully, I will be given the opportunity."

Morgan Tuck added a career-high 19 points and Stefanie Dolson had eight points, nine rebounds and a career-high seven blocked shots. The Huskies tied a team record with 17 blocks, two blocks shy of an NCAA record.

2013 USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year

Today rising UConn star and All-American candidate So. F Breanna Stewart (North Syracuse, NY) was named the 2013 USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year. This past summer, Stewart won her fifth gold medal with USA Basketball at the FIBA U19 World Championship and participated in the USA Basketball Women’s National Team mini-camp in October. In leading the USA to a 9-0 record and gold medal at the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championship from July 18-28 in Lithuania, Stewart was named MVP of the 16-team tournament after starting in all nine games and averaging team-bests of 16.9 points and 24.7 minutes per game while adding 6.2 rebounds, 1.7 steals, 1.3 blocks and 1.2 assists per game. She shot 50.9 percent from the field (56-110 FGs), 58.3 percent from 3-point (14-24 3-pt FGs) and 89.7 percent from the free throw line (26-29 FTs).

Having also won a gold medal at the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship, Stewart became one of just three U.S. female athletes to have played on two USA U19 World Championship Teams. Stewart also earned the USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year honor in 2011 and she joins a prestigious group of athletes who have earned the honor more than once, including Teresa Edwards (2000, 1996, 1990, 1987), Lisa Leslie (2002, 1998, 1993), Cheryl Miller (1984, 1986), Dawn Staley (2004, 1994), and former UConn great Diana Taurasi (2006, 2010, 2012). For the 5th straight year and 6 of the last 8 years, the award has gone to a future, current, or former UConn Husky with Taurasi winning in 2006, 2010, and 2012, former UConn star Tina Charles winning in 2009, and Stewart also winning in 2011.

 “USA Basketball is very proud to honor Breanna as our 2013 Female Athlete of the Year,” said Jim Tooley, USA Basketball CEO/Executive Director. “She not only is an incredible basketball talent, as evidenced by her U19 world championship MVP selection, but she also is a tremendous team leader, and we are very grateful for her dedication and commitment.”

“It’s a great honor,” said Stewart, “I love competing with USA Basketball and have been very fortunate to have the opportunity to do that for the last several years. I’m so happy and thankful that USA Basketball has given me all the opportunities it has to travel abroad and learn a lot.”

"Breanna is an amazing talent who is respectful of her opportunities, and at the same time, she will take over every big-time ball game she is a part of,” said Katie Meier, USA U19 and University of Miami head coach.

Game notes (pdf) for today's game vs Houston Cougars (4-10, 0-3 AAC).

Location: Gampel Pavilion (Storrs, CT)
Time: 7:00pm (ET)
TV: SNY
Internet: ESPN3
Radio: UConn Radio Network/WTIC
Live Stats: GameTracker

1/1 Connecticut Huskies (15-0, 3-0 AAC)

Results: Connecticut 90, Memphis 49
Player of the Game: Jr. W Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (21p, 6r, 4a, 30m)
Def. Player of the Game: Sr. C Stefanie Dolson (8dr, 1s, 2b, 30m)
Fr. Player of the Game: Fr. G Saniya Chong (6p, 2r, 1a, 1b, 16m)
Stat of the Game: Pts. Off TOs: UConn 34, Memphis 6

Summary: UConn All-American Jr. W Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis snapped out of her 3-game slump and tied her season-high scoring 21 points and led the Huskies to an easy route of Memphis, 90-49. KML was 5 of 10 on 3-point attempts and added six rebounds and four assists. With the 8-time national champions coming to town, Memphis scheduled this game as part of a doubleheader with the Tigers men's team in the FedExForum, home to the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies. Fans paying for that morning tipoff got to stick around and watch the women play for free. And just under 7,000 of those 17,000 fans did just that. UConn All-American candidate So. F Breanna Stewart added 17pts., 8rebs., and 3asts. for UConn and UConn All-American Sr. G Bria Hartley had 13pts. including 9 during UConn's 32-7 to take a 50-23 lead at halftime. UConn All-American Sr. C Stefanie Dolson finished with another double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds. The Huskies have been beating opponents by an average of 37.4 points per game, best in the nation. They pushed their lead to as big as 41 with the final bucket.

Game notes (pdf) for today's game at Memphis Tigers (7-6, 0-1 AAC).

Location: FedExForum (Memphis, TN)
Time: 3:00pm (ET)
TV: SNY
Internet: ESPN3
Radio: UConn Radio Network/96.5 TIC FM
Live Stats: GameTracker

1/1 Connecticut Huskies (14-0, 2-0 AAC)

Results: Connecticut 77, Central Florida 49
Player of the Game: Sr. C Stefanie Dolson (25p, 12r, 1a, 3b, 33m)
Def. Player of the Game: Sr. C Stefanie Dolson (12dr, 3b, 33m)
Fr. Player of the Game: Fr. G Saniya Chong (7p, 2r, 2s, 10m)
Stat of the Game: Pts. in the Paint: UConn 48, UCF 12

Summary: The most exciting part of the game was that it was close enough (2.5hrs away from Palm Beach County) to where I live in Florida to go to the game. UConn All-American Sr. C Stefanie Dolson had 25 points and 12 rebounds to lead top-ranked and undefeated UConn to a blowout win over Central Florida, 77-49. Dolson made her first six shots and was 11 for 14 for the game. The 6-foot-5 senior had scored 15 points in her previous two outings, including a disappointing seven-point night in a 67-34 victory against Cincinnati on Sunday. UConn All-American candidate So. F Breanna Stewart struggled shooting the ball but still finished with a nice all-around game with 11 points, eight rebounds, six assists and three steals for the Huskies. This was the first-ever meeting between the two schools.

"The easy answer is we threw her the ball," UConn Head Coach Geno Auriemma said of Dolson's third 20-point game of the year. "We made a concerted effort after last Sunday to make sure we had post players touch the ball more than we did before." Auriemma also praised Dolson's ability in transition. "Some of our players jog - Stefanie runs the floor hard," Auriemma said. "She ends up with layups in transition. The guards do a great job of finding her in half court. Put those together, and you have a night like tonight." 

Game notes (pdf) for today's game at Central Florida Knights (8-4, 1-0 AAC).

Location: CFE Arena (Orlando, FL)
Time: 4:00pm (ET)
TV: SNY
Internet: ESPN3
Radio: UConn Radio Network/WTIC
Live Stats: GameTracker

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