With the way the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team is playing defense this year, it could be a very long season for their opponents.
The Huskies held the Richmond Spiders 32 points under their season average in an 86-37 win in front of 8,523 fans at Gampel Pavilion in the WBCA Classic on Saturday night.
The Huskies move to 5-0 and now have won 44 straight games. The Spiders fall to 3-2 on the young season.
Richmond came into the game with a plan of preventing the Huskies from getting layups. So what did the Huskies do instead? They hit 13-of-21 three-point attempts and still had 36 points in the paint as well. The Huskies finished the night shooting 60% from the floor.
Caroline Doty led five Huskies in double digits with 17 points, including five 3-pointers. Tiffany Hayes had 15 points, 5 rebounds and a career-high seven assists while Tina Charles had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Kelly Faris chipped in with a career-high 12 points and Maya Moore finished with 11 points that all came in the first half.
Brittani Shells led the Spiders with 12 points. Cara Powell and Crystal Goring both added six points. Former Husky Kristin Phillips missed the game for Richmond with an injury.
This game was over right after the opening tip as the Spiders were held scoreless for the first six minutes of the half. By that point, they were trailing 14-0. Later in the half with a 25-6 lead, the Huskies went on a 16-o run on their way to a 51-14 lead.
UConn opened up the second half with an 8-2 run and it was just a matter of big the win would become. The Huskies had beaten their previous four opponents by 49.4 points and the 49 point win on Saturday hit their average.
Another quick turnaround for the Huskies as they will finish up the WBCA Classic on Sunday afternoon with a game against the Clemson Tigers. Tip is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. and the game will be broadcast locally on CPTV.
