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The UConn Huskies were on pause for the first week and a half of the season due to a positive COVID-19 test within their program, which did not come from a player or coach.
The Huskies have not played a game yet, but that will change Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. ET when they host the UMass Lowell River Hawks.
It will be the highly-anticipated collegiate debut of UConn freshman Paige Bueckers, the No. 1 Hoop Gurlz recruit in the Class of 2020. It will also be the UConn debut of Tennessee Lady Volunteers transfer Evina Westbrook who did not play last season because of NCAA eligibility rules.
No. 3 UConn debuts with 79-23 rout of UMass-Lowell
By PAT EATON-ROBBDecember 12, 2020 GMT
STORRS, Conn. (AP) UConn freshman Paige Bueckers finally got a chance to show what she can do at the college level.
Bueckers had 17 points, nine rebounds and five assists in her UConn debut, leading the third-ranked Huskies to a 79-23 victory over UMass-Lowell on Saturday.
Bueckers, last year’s national high school player of the year, also had collected five steals while playing shutdown defense.
“In baseball they would call that a five-tool player,” coach Geno Auriemma said. “If you look at Paige, she’s a five-tool basketball player.”
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