No. 3 UConn Travels to No. 25 Tennessee Thursday

STORRS, Conn. – For the very first time given that 2006, the No. 3 UConn women’s basketball group (8-) travels to No. 25 Tennessee (9-2) in the second calendar year of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Revival Series Thursday. The teams will tip at 7 p.m. on ESPN and 97-9 ESPN.

UConn is 14-9 all-time vs. Tennessee. Last year the teams met for the 1st time in 13 yrs in Hartford, with the Huskies putting up a 60-45 get.

The Huskies are coming off a 103-35 earn above Butler on Tuesday. All five of UConn’s starters scored in double digits vs. the Bulldogs: Olivia Nelson-Ododa (18), Christyn Williams (17), Aubrey Griffin (17), Evina Westbrook (14) and Paige Bueckers (13). Griffin produced her 1st career start Tuesday.

With the get Tuesday, head coach Geno Auriemma attained 1,099 occupation wins, transferring previous famous Tennessee coach Pat Summitt for No. 2 all-time among NCAA women’s basketball coaches. Auriemma is established to become the second women’s basketball mentor to achieve 1,100 career wins.

Class of 2021 signee Saylor Poffenbarger enrolled for the spring semester and will be part of the UConn women’s basketball team early. Immediately after completing a clinical quarantine, Poffenbarger will be eligible to contend this time. She will have four additional several years of eligibility as all winter season sport athletes have been granted an further yr by the NCAA. A 6-foot-2 guard, Poffenbarger is the 30th-ranked recruit in her course. She won gold with United states of america Basketball at the 2019 FIBA Americas U16 Championship.

On Wednesday, UConn announced the addition of a non-convention sport at No. 15 Arkansas on Thursday, Jan. 28. The groups will suggestion at 5 p.m. ET on ESPN2.