2010-11 CONNECTICUT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Back-to-Back National Champs
11 final fours • 34 BIG EAST Championships 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010 national Champions #1/#1 Connecticut Huskies (3-0, 0-0 Big East)
2010-11 Schedule Record: 3-0 Overall; 0-0 BIG EAST
November 4 ^ Franklin Pierce - GP 10 ^ Indiana Univ. (Pa.) - XL 14 Holy Cross - GP CPTV 16 Baylor - XL ESPN2 21 at Georgia Tech CPTV 26 $ HOWARD - GP CPTV 27 $ LEHIGH - GP CPTV 28 $ LSU - GP CPTV
W, 112-41 W, 100-41 W, 117-37 W, 65-64 W, 71-51 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m.
December 2 * at South Florida 5 Sacred Heart - XL 9 * MArquette - GP 19 % vs. Ohio State 21 florida State - XL 28 at Pacific 30 at Stanford
CPTV 7 p.m. CPTV 1 p.m. CPTV 7:30 p.m. ESPNU 2:30 p.m. ESPNU 7 p.m. CPTV 10 p.m. ESPN2 9 p.m.
january 5 * villanova - GP 8 * at Notre Dame 12 * at St. John’s 15 * Louisville - XL 17 at North Carolina 22 * PITTSBURGH - GP 26 * at Rutgers 29 * at Cincinnati 31 Duke - GP
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7:30 2 9:30 12 7 7:30 7:30 2 7
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february 5 * depaul - GP 8 * at West Virginia 12 * at Providence 14 oklahoma - XL 19 * Notre Dame - GP 22 * seton hall - XL 26 * at Georgetown 28 * syracuse - GP
CPTV 2 CBS C 7 CPTV 2 ESPN2 7 CPTV 2 CPTV 7 TBA 3 CPTV 7:30
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march 4-8 ! BIG EAST Tournament
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$ - World Vision Classic, Storrs, Conn. * - BIG EAST Regular Season Contest ! - XL Center - Hartford, Conn. ^ - Exhibition All Times Eastern Home Game Denoted in BOLD CAPS GP - Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. XL - XL Center, Hartford, Conn. CPTV - Connecticut Public Broadcasting Television
UConn Athletic Communications WBB SID - Pat McKenna email - patrick.mckenna@uconn.edu Cell - 860-420-7311 Office - 860-486-2394
MEDIA INTERVIEWS: All interviews with players or members of the coaching staff must be arranged through Pat McKenna and the UConn Athletic Communications Office. No interviews will be granted on gameday until competition is over.
vs. Howard Date: Friday, November 23, 2010 Tipoff: 7:30 p.m. (EST) Site: Gampel Pavilion (10,250) • Storrs, Conn. TV: Today’s game will be televised live on CPTV with Eric Frede (play-by-play) and Meghan Culmo (color) on the call. Radio/Web: Today’s game will be broadcast live on the UConn Radio Network with Bob Joyce (play-by-play) and Kara Wolters (color) on the call. Up Next: T he No. 1 Huskies will return home to take on Howard on Friday, November 26 on day one of the World Vision Challenge in Storrs. 2010-11 UConn Radio Network 1080-AM WTIC (Hartford), 1400-AM WILI (Willimantic), 1420-AM WLIS (Old Saybrook), 1150-AM (WMRD) Middletown, 980-AM WSUB (New London) UConn Probable Starters 2010-11 Stats # Player Pos. Elg. Ht. Hometown PPG RPG FG% FT% Min. 14 Bria Hartley G Fr. 5-7 North Babylon, N.Y. 14.0 2.3 .432 .667 34.0 * - U18 United States National Team selection | Reigning BIG EAST Rookie of the Week 34 Kelly Faris G So. 5-11 Plainfield, Ind. 7.3 7.0 .444 .833 30.7 * - Played in all 39 games for UConn last season | Will look to be a more assertive scorer this year 3 Tiffany Hayes G Jr. 5-10 Lakeland, Fla. 19.0 5.0 .444 .857 32.7 * - Preseason Wooden Award Top-30 Honoree along with Moore | Preseason All-BIG EAST First Team 23 Maya Moore F Sr. 6-0 Lawrenceville, Ga. 27.0 7.0 .492 .846 35.3 * - Two time winner of the Wade Trophy | BIG EAST Player of the Week 31 Stefanie Dolson C Fr. 6-5 Port Jervis, N.Y. 4.0 4.7 .455 1.000 15.0 * - U18 United States National Team selection | Started in the Huskies’ victory against No. 2 Baylor UCONN RESERVES 2010-11 Stats # Player Pos. Elg. Ht. Hometown PPG RPG FG% FT% 32 Heather Buck C/F So. 6-3 Stonington, Conn. 0.7 0.7 1.000 - 5 Caroline Doty* G Jr. 5-10 Doylestown, Pa. 6.8 2.5 .385 .757 12 Lauren Engeln F Fr. 5-11 Laguna Hills, Calif. 1.0 0.5 .000 1.000 30 Lorin Dixon G Sr. 5-4 Springfield Gardens, N.Y. 3.7 3.3 .625 - 25 Michala Johnson F Fr. 6-3 Bellwood, Ill. 1.0 1.5 .500 - 11 Samarie Walker F Fr. 6-1 West Carrolton, Ohio 7.3 6.7 .667 .667 * Will redshirt the 2010-11 season due to a knee injury. howard Roster # Player Elg. 2 Bradford, India Jr. 5 Curley-Payne, Cheyenne S o. 32 Deterville, Nicole So. 34 Deterville, Portia So. 13 Doyle, Saadia r-So. 30 Edwards, Amanda Sr. 10 Gorham, Jerelle r-Fr. 4 Holmes, Tamoria So. 14 Johnson, Cabria r-Fr. 23 Majors, Tasia Fr. 25 O’Neal, Julee’ So. 22 Pullins, Jalisa Sr. 44 Smith, Kara So. 1 Stinson, Regis Fr. 11 Walton, Adelle r-So.
Pos. G G F/C F/C F F G G F G C G F G/F G
Ht. 5-4 5-5 6-1 6-1 5-11 6-0 5-8 5-6 5-11 5-8 6-2 5-5 6-0 5-9 5-7
Hometown Washington, D.C. Chula Vista, Calif. Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada Atlanta, Ga. Toronto, Canada Durham, N.C. Durham, N.C. Upper Marlboro, Md. Norfolk, Va. Durham, N.C. Decatur, Ga. Chicago, Ill. Pensacola, Fla. San Diego, Calif.
Head Coach: Niki Reid Geckeler (third season)
2010-11 Game Notes | 11/26/10 vs. Howard | UConnHuskies.com
Min. 10.0 25.3 3.5 16.7 2.5 21.7