GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Connecticut 98, Seton Hall 73
(AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
By JIM FULLER
Associated Press
STORRS, Conn. - Aaliyah Edwards had 23 points, leading six players who scored in double figures for ninth-ranked UConn in a 98-73 win over Seton Hall.
Caroline Ducharme and Nika Muhl each had 16 points and were a combined 8 of 11 from 3-point range. Lou Lopez Senechal had 14 points, Aubrey Griffin added 13 points and seven rebounds, and Dorka Juhasz had 10 points and 10 rebounds for UConn (9-2, 2-0 Big East).
Sidney Cooks had 18 points and Lauren Park-Lane finished with 17 for Seton Hall (9-4, 2-1), which had its seven-game winning streak snapped.
UConn coach Geno Auriemma missed his second straight game due to illness. Associate coach Chris Dailey ran the team and improved to 15-0 when filling in for Auriemma.
Muhl made her first three 3-pointers as UConn jumped out to the early 14-point lead. Then Ducharme started to find the range as she scored five points in less than a minute.
Seton Hall came into the game ranked 10th out of 11 Big East teams in 3-point shooting percentage, but fired up 16 3-pointers in the first half. Shailyn Pinkney and Jala Jordan hit back-to-back 3-pointers early in the second quarter to cut the lead to 14 points.
Ducharme, who was two of nine from 3-point range over her last four games, connected on a pair of 3s and UConn had a 53-31 lead at halftime.
UConn began to dominate inside after halftime, with 15 of the 19 shots in the third quarter inside the 3-point line to take a 38-point lead heading into the fourth quarter.
BIG PICTURE
UConn: The Huskies defeated Seton Hall for the 36th time in a row and improved to 56-10 in the series against the Pirates.
December 21, 2022
| Seton Hall | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| M. Bembry | F | 19 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| S. Pinkney | F | 19 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| S. Cooks | C | 24 | 8-15 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| L. Park-Lane | G | 36 | 5-21 | 4-6 | 3-12 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| S. Hagans | G | 22 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| K. Satterfield | 19 | 2-5 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| A. Baines | 17 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| J. Jordan | 16 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 1-4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
| A. Wright | 15 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| A. Allesch | 9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| K. Harris | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Totals | 199 | 25-69 (.362) |
14-17 (.824) |
9-29 (.310) |
11-26 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 73 | |
| UConn | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Edwards | F | 30 | 9-13 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 23 |
| D. Juhasz | F | 27 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1-11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| L. Lopez Senechal | G | 31 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| N. Muhl | G | 31 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 4-5 | 0-5 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| A. Griffin | G | 27 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 5-7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| C. Ducharme | 27 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0-5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16 | |
| A. Patterson | 11 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| I. Bettencourt | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| A. DeBerry | 5 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Totals | 199 | 38-63 (.603) |
11-12 (.917) |
11-21 (.524) |
11-44 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 14 | 98 | |
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Attendance: 9,125