GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Connecticut 79, Butler 39
(AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
By PAT EATON-ROBB
AP Sports Writer
STORRS, Conn. - Aaliyah Edwards scored 20 points and No. 5 UConn, with just seven healthy players again, routed Butler 79-39.
Aubrey Griffin and Lou Lopez Senechal each added 17 points for the Huskies (17-2, 10-0 Big East), who have won 10 in a row. Dorka Juhasz scored 14 points.
Jessica Carrothers and Sydney Janes each had seven points for the Bulldogs (7-13, 2-9)
Butler surprised the Huskies early with a 13-0 run that put the Bulldogs up 13-4. But UConn held Butler scoreless for the last 5:13 of the first quarter and trailed just 13-10 after 10 minutes.
The Huskies regained the lead 18-16 on a jumper by Griffin as part of a 21-4 run that saw the Huskies take a 25-17 lead.
Lopez Senechal had 14 of her points before intermission and the Huskies, who won the teams' first meeting this season by 33 points on Jan. 3, led 36-19 at the half.
The Huskies outscored Butler 38-14 in the paint and 21-5 on the fast break.
HUKSIES' HEALTH
UConn announced Friday that leading scorer Azzi Fudd, who re-injured her right knee last Sunday against Georgetown, will be on crutches for two weeks before being re-evaluated. Caroline Ducharme and Ayanna Patterson remain in concussion protocol.
The program's health problems even extend to their mascot, Jonathan the Husky dog, who underwent surgery last week.
BIG PICTURE
Butler: Has never beaten UConn, falling to 0-5 since the teams first met in 2021.
UConn: This was the first of five games in 11 days for the Huskies, a stretch that will include a visit to Tennessee on Thursday.
January 21, 2023
| Butler | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| S. Jaynes | F | 26 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| A. Mortag | F | 23 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 1-5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| C. Strande | G | 24 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| J. Carrothers | G | 21 | 2-9 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| R. McLimore | G | 21 | 1-7 | 2-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| S. Frederick | 18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| T. Dowell | 16 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| J. Meulemans | 16 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| K. Wingler | 13 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| K. Taylor | 8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| R. Dumont | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| M. Royal-Davis | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| T. White | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Totals | 198 | 14-54 (.259) |
4-6 (.667) |
7-22 (.318) |
9-26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 39 | |
| UConn | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Edwards | F | 35 | 7-12 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 2-7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| D. Juhasz | F | 33 | 6-11 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| A. Griffin | G | 39 | 5-8 | 6-7 | 1-3 | 1-7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| N. Muhl | G | 33 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 0-4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| L. Lopez Senechal | G | 27 | 7-12 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 1-7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| A. DeBerry | 16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| I. Bettencourt | 15 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Totals | 198 | 29-54 (.537) |
17-23 (.739) |
4-13 (.308) |
10-38 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 79 | |
Officials: Bruce Morris, Mark Resch, Ashlee Goode
Attendance: 10,167
