Most undermatched teams will sometimes try to play man-to-man defense on the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team. Some will play a zone to try and slow them down.

Well the Towson Tigers had no answers for the outside game of the Huskies as UConn went on to an easy 92-31 win in front of 7,703 at the XL Center in Hartford, CT on Wednesday night.

UConn improves to 7-0 on the season while Towson falls to 4-2.

Bria Hartley led the way for the Huskies with 24 points and five assists with four steals. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis added 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting, with her three misses on coming on three-point attempts (5-8). Tiffany Hayes chipped in with 16 points and four assists while Stefanie Dolson had 11 points and three assists.

Heather Buck came off the bench to lead the Huskies with eight rebounds to go along with her four points. Brianna Banks was the only Husky not to find the scoring column.

Towson was led by Camille Anderson’s nine points. Krystal Parnell added seven points while Tanish McTiller added six points. Deree Fooks and Destiny Shearin led the Tigers with four rebounds each.

It took the Huskies all of two minutes or so to put this one out of reach as they opened with a 10-0 run. They followed that up with a 24-8 run to take absolute command of this game.

They did with the three pointer as KML hit three during the stretch as well Hayes hit one as well.

UConn had gone to the inside early on but then struggled in their offense for a few plays. But once the outside game got going, Towson really had no answers for the Huskies.

But for most teams that play UConn, it’s good experience as they get ready for conference play. For Geno Auriemma’s Huskies, it’s a chance to work on their offense and defense as they prepare for league play and two tough upcoming non-conference matchups with Texas A&M and Baylor.

The first of those will come December 6th when they’ll host the Texas A&M Aggies in the Jimmy V Classic at the XL Center at 7 p.m.

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Notes and musings:

Towson Tigers @ UConn Huskies 11-30-11 box score

Here are quotes from UConn head coach Geno Auriemma and Towson head coach Joe Mathews.

Former Huskies Sue Bird and Kalana Greene were seen sitting behind the bench.

Caroline Doty was injured during the game. She suffered a head and neck injury after being taken down hard after a layup. She didn’t return to the game and stayed in the locker room for the second half. She is expected to be okay.

The starters for UConn were Bria Hartley, Caroline Doty, Tiffany Hayes, Kelly Faris and Stefanie Dolson.

The Huskies shot 60.3% (38-63) from the floor. Towson shot 24.5% (12-49).

UConn had 28 assists on their 38 made baskets.

The Huskies were 12-of-21 (57.1%) on three-pointers. Towson was 2-of-8 (25%).

UConn only got to the free throw line seven times, making four of them (57.1%).

The Huskies won the battle of the boards 38-28.

UConn outscored Towson 46-12 in the paint and 14-2 on the fast break.

The Huskies had seven second chance points to just two for Towson.

UConn had 42 points off of 30 Tigers turnovers. Towson had 13 points off of 16 Huskies turnovers.

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It’s game day for the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team as they’ll host the Towson Tigers at 7 p.m. at the XL Center in Hartford, CT. The game will be broadcast locally in Connecticut on CPTV.

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UConn Women’s Basketball links

Preview: UConn women host Towson State [Lee Lewis – The Republican-American]

Being Aggressive Offensively Is A Challenge For Faris [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

No. 2 UConn Set For Towson On Wednesday At XL Center [UConnHuskies.com]

Faris’ scoring a work in progress, but she’s a star at defense [CT Post]

Auriemma Still Trying To Learn About His Team [Hartford Courant]

Tiffany Hayes playing a bigger role [New Haven Register]

UConn women host Towson at XL Center [The Day]

UConn women’s basketball glance [The Hour]

UConn Football links

Appetizers (and a bowl game) on the line at Cincinnati this weekend [Chip Malafronte – New Haven Register]

Coach P at the Podium: Cincinnati edition [Ed Daigneault – The Republican-American]

Coach P’s take on an LSU-Alabama rematch [Owen Poole – The Day]

UConn Focuses On Cincinnati, Possible Bowl Berth [Hartford Courant]

The Randy Edsall Fiasco At Maryland [Hartford Courant]

2 QB system working for Huskies [New Haven Register]

A win Saturday doesn’t guarantee the Huskies a bowl bid [The Day]

Huskies face a critical 48 minutes [The Hour]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

Big East Power Rankings [UConn Huskies Basketball]

BATTLE 4 ATLANTIS HAS ITS UPSETS [Bahamas Tribune]

Other UConn related links

Swimming. Zayed A Champion In Egypt; U.S. Nationals This Weekend [UConnHuskies.com]

UConn says no changes needed in abuse policies [Norwich Bulletin]

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With all of the various reports coming out of the Boston media that the Boston Red Sox will hire Bobby Valentine as their next manager, it’s time to make some changes around here.

In protest of the Red Sox of hiring Valentine, we will no longer be focusing on the Red Sox as much as we have in the past. It’s just a personal thing honestly.

If you think about it, how many of us complain about having to listen to Valentine on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball?

About 99.9% of us.

And while we won’t have to listen to him on Sunday Night Baseball anymore, we do get to listen to him for 162 games and all of spring training.

Oh freaking joy! Can’t wait.

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UConn Huskies football coach Paul Pasqualoni has released his final depth chart of the season for the game against Cincinnati on Saturday and there are a few changes to it on both sides of the ball from last week against Rutgers.

On the offensive side, Ryan Griffin is now the starter at tight end with Corey Manning as his backup. Last week. Griffin had been in an “OR” situation with John Delahunt but he’s no longer on the depth chart.

Defensively, the changes are minor. Teddy Jennings is now the backup at defensive end to Trevardo Williams with B.J. McBryde the back up to Jesse Joseph. Last week, it was reversed.

David Kenney now backs up Sio Moore instead of Jefferson Ashiru at linebacker. Andrew Opoku is backing up Jory Johnson at linebacker instead of Marquise Vann.

One other quick note as well.

Saturday’s game will start at noon and be televised nationally on ESPN.

For a full look at the UConn depth chart for Cincinnati, please click on the read more button below if you’re on the home page.

OFFENSE

LT: 71 Mike Ryan (RSr., 6-5, 335)
50 Tyler Bullock (So., 6-4, 298)

LG: 69 Steve Greene (RSo., 6-4, 304)
70 Gary Bardzak (RSr., 6-3, 289)

C: 57 Moe Petrus (RSr., 6-2, 302)
70 Gary Bardzak (RSr., 6-3, 289)

RG: 63 Adam Masters (RJr., 6-4, 292)
65 Gus Cruz (RFr., 6-4, 288)

RT: 77 Kevin Friend (RSo., 6-5, 300)
61 Stephen Brown (So., 6-6, 290)

TE: 94 Ryan Griffin (RJr., 6-6, 248)
81 Corey Manning (RJr., 6-5, 247)

WR: 6 Kashif Moore (RSr., 5-10, 175)
31 Nick Williams (Jr., 5-10, 185) OR
84 Tebucky Jones (RFr., 5-11, 186)

FB: 39 Mark Hinkley (RJr., 5-11, 226)
47 Reuben Frank (RFr., 6-3, 238)

QB: 18 Johnny McEntee (RJr., 6-3, 224)
11 Scott McCummings (RFr., 6-2, 218) OR
2 Mike Nebrich (Fr., 6-1, 204)

TB: 43 Lyle McCombs (RFr., 5-8, 172)
1 Jonathan Jean-Louis (RSr., 6-0, 207) OR
45 Martin Hyppolite (RSo., 6-0, 215)

WR: 83 Isiah Moore (RSr., 6-1, 195)
85 Geremy Davis (Fr., 6-3, 211)

DEFENSE

DE: 48 Trevardo Williams (Jr., 6-1, 231)
98 Teddy Jennings (RJr., 6-5, 248)

DT: 4 Twyon Martin (RSr., 6-2, 273)
53 Ryan Wirth (RJr., 6-2, 268)

DT: 99 Kendall Reyes (RSr., 6-4, 295)
59 Shamar Stephen (RSo., 6-5, 315)

DE: 91 Jesse Joseph (Jr., 6-3, 262)
97 B.J. McBryde (RFr., 6-4, 277)

LB: 3 Sio Moore (RJr., 6-1, 232)
34 David Kenney (RSo., 6-0, 206)

LB: 33 Yawin Smallwood (RFr., 6-2, 229)
36 Michael Osiecki (Fr., 6-1, 238) OR
55 Jerome Williams (RJr., 6-1, 255)

LB: 28 Jory Johnson (RJr., 6-1, 227)
Andrew Opoku (RFr., 6-4, 223)

CB: 7 Dwayne Gratz (RJr., 6-0, 195)
29 Taylor Mack (So., 5-9, 169)

S: 15 Jerome Junior (RJr., 6-1, 215)
2 Gilbert Stlouis (So., 5-11, 183)

S: 40 Ty-Meer Brown (RFr., 6-0, 192) OR
CB: 16 Byron Jones (RFr., 6-1, 187)
25 Harris Agbor (RSr., 5-11, 1990

CB: Blidi Wreh-Wilson (RJr., 6-0, 192)
21 Gary Wilburn (RSr., 5-11, 197)

SPECIAL TEAMS

PK: 38 Dave Teggart (RSr., 6-0, 203)
13 Chad Christen (RSo. 6-2, 211)

P: 86 Cole Wagner (RSo., 6-2, 211)
13 Chad Christen (RSo. 6-2, 211)

H: 13 Chad Christen (RSo., 6-1, 201)
86 Cole Wagner (RSo., 6-2, 211)

DS: 67 Adam Mueller (So., 6-1, 207)
66 Dominick Manco (Fr., 6-1, 251)

KR: 31 Nick Williams (Jr., 5-10, 185)
29 Taylor Mack (So., 5-9, 169)

PR: 31 Nick Williams (Jr., 5-10, 185)
29 Taylor Mack (So., 5-9, 169)

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UConn Football links

Big East news and notes [Andrea Adelson – ESPN.com]

A Look Back At The Football Win Vs. Rutgers [UConnHuskies.com]

Pasqualoni Says There Are No Bad Bowls [Hartford Courant]

Huskies regain some respect [Journal Inquirer]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

Dom answered a question in his mailbag [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]

A Look Back at Atlantis [Kevin Duffy – CT Post]

Boatright just what Huskies need [Journal Inquirer]

UConn’s Alex Oriakhi miffed over new role [Eamonn Brennan – ESPN.com]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

2 future Huskies make ESPN’s national player of the year watch list [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]

A high basketball IQ is part of Mosqueda-Lewis’ skill set [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]

Auriemma Happy To Have Witnessed The Rising [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

UConn Heading To Another “90” [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Making The Puzzle Pieces Fit [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Huskies Continue To Progress With Work Still To Be Done [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

Paluch, Lyddy Join The Fight As Jimmy V Classic Nears [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

Other UConn related links

M. Soccer. Huskies To Host Charlotte In NCAA Quarterfinals Sunday, 1 p.m. [UConnHuskies.com]

Baseball. Olt Flourishes in Arizona Fall League [UConnHuskies.com]

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Here’s the release from UConn about UConn Huskies men’s basketball freshman Andre Drummond being named as the Big East Rookie of the Week:

STORRS, Conn. – UConn freshman center Andre Drummond has been named the Rookie of the Week, as announced today by the BIG EAST Conference. Drummond averaged 11.3 points, 8.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks in three games for Connecticut this past week.

Drummond led UConn to a third-place finish at the Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise Island, Bahamas.

The Middletown, Conn. native had his best performance of the season in UConn’s 78-76 overtime victory over No. 20 Florida State in the third-place game. Drummond recorded his second double-double of the season with 12 points and 10 rebounds to go along with seven blocked shots and three steals.

On the season, the Preseason BIG EAST Rookie of the Year is averaging 8.1 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game. Drummond has been a force on the offensive glass, grabbing 30 offensive rebounds in seven contests.

UConn will host Arkansas in the BIG EAST/SEC Challenge at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. on Saturday, November 3 at 3:15 p.m.

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Two members of the UConn Huskies football team were honored by the Big East for their efforts in the 40-22 win over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. The win for the Huskies prevented Rutgers from clinching a share of their first-ever Big East title.

Nick Williams and Trevardo Williams were both named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll.

Nick Williams was key for the Huskies especially in the third quarter when he had two big returns that led to two UConn touchdowns. All told on the day, he finished the afternoon with 158 yards on four kickoff returns and returned one punt for 30 yards. He was our offensive player of the game.

Trevardo Williams, no relation to Nick and our defensive player of the game, had six tackles, including four sacks for a total of loss of 30 yards, and one forced fumble in the game.

The UConn football team is back in action on Saturday afternoon at 12 p.m. when they’ll take on the Cincinnati Bearcats at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati, OH. If the Huskies win, they’ll become bowl-eligible.

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Here’s the press release from UConn announcing UConn Huskies women’s basketball freshman Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis or “Baby Jesus” as Geno Auriemma affectionately calls her, as the Big East Freshman of the Week.

STORRS, Conn. – Freshman forward Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis earned her second BIG EAST weekly accolade of her career as she was tabbed the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week for the second consecutive week as announced by the conference office on Monday.

Mosqueda-Lewis, chosen as the 2011-12 BIG EAST Preseason Freshman of the Year, earns this award after an impressive week of averaging 15.3 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists and two steals per game as the Huskies went 4-0.

Mosqueda-Lewis, who had no turnovers in four games, began the week by lifting No. 2 UConn (6-0) to a 68-58 victory over No. 3 Stanford as she led the team with 25 points, while adding eight rebounds and two steals. On Sunday’s win over Dayton, Mosqueda-Lewis hit six 3-pointers in route to recording her third 20-point performance in six games. In the four-game week, Mosqueda-Lewis shot 42 percent from the field, 41 percent from beyond the arc and 73 percent from the foul line.

Senior guard Jasmine Crew was named as the Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the BIG EAST. Crew was named to the Paradise Jam All-Tournament after averaging 24.3 points per game and a career-high 35 points against Louisiana Tech.

The Huskies return to the court on Wednesday, Nov. 30, to take on the Towson Tigers at 7 p.m. at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn.

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What we learned in the Big East: Week 13 [Andrea Adelson – ESPN.com]

Big East bowl projections: Week 14 [Andrea Adelson – ESPN.com]

Big East power rankings: Week 14 [Andrea Adelson – ESPN.com]

Report Card: Rutgers [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

A Few Words From Coach Pasqualoni Today On Rutgers Win [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

Anatomy of a smackdown [Owen Poole – The Day]

Viewpoint: Randy Edsall should be fired immediately [CT Post]

For UConn Football, It All Comes Down To Cincinnati [Hartford Courant]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

On UConn, Syracuse and My AP Top 25 [David Borges – New Haven Register]

Dom answered a question in his mailbag [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]

Huskies Head Home A New Team [Hartford Courant]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Putting World Vision Classic into focus [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]

Another record streak for the Huskies [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]

Letter From A Constituent On Attendance [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Heather Buck Confirms She’ll Play Next Season [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Huskies Set Another Record; Will Remain At No. 2 In The Polls [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

Mosqueda-Lewis scores 23 to lead UConn rout [CT Post]

UConn Beats Dayton To Win Weekend Tournament [Hartford Courant]

On Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, Coach Practices What He Preaches [Hartford Courant]

Huskies win record 89th straight home game [New Haven Register]

UConn rolls past overmatched Dayton [The Day]

Other UConn related links

M. Soccer. Huskies NCAA Quarterfinal Bound After Dispatching James Madison, 3-0 [UConnHuskies.com]

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Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis or “Baby Jesus” as UConn Huskies women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma refers to her, didn’t exactly light the scoreboard up with points on Saturday night. But she did other things that helped the team win.

There was no worry of it happening two games in a row though as KML had 23 points to lead the Huskies to a relatively easy 78-38 win over the Dayton Flyers in front of 6,486 at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, CT in the World Vision Classic.

The Huskies (6-0) won all three of their games in the World Vision Classic to be the defacto champions. The Flyers fall to 3-3 on the season and finished the tournament at 2-1.

KML, who pulled down six rebounds, was one of five Huskies in double figures on the afternoon. Bria Hartley and Stefanie Dolson both had 11 points with Hartley adding six rebounds and Dolson had a game-high seven rebounds. Tiffany Hayes had 10 points, three assists and four steals while Kelly Faris had 10 points, four assists and five steals.

This time around, Laura Englen wasn’t the only Husky not to score. Those “honors” went to Michala Johnson.

De’Sarae Chambers paced the Flyers with eight points as did Cassie Sant, who came off the bench to score eight points. Olivia Applewhite added seven points. Casey Nance, daughter of former NBA player Larry Nance, led Dayton with six rebounds.

Everyone thought that this would be the toughest game the Huskies would play over the three days. Instead, this was one was pretty much over early on.

UConn opened up the game with a 17-3 run and didn’t allow Dayton’s first basket until 14:23 when Applewhite knocked down a jumper. They would just continue the onslaught throughout the half working their lead up to 47-16 at the half behind KML who had 19 first half points, including five three-pointers.

It was more of the same in the second half as the Huskies continued to work their offense while letting up a little on defense. Part of the reason they built that big lead in the first half was their unrelenting pressure on the defensive end of the court.

Overall a good weekend of the basketball from the Huskies. It’s still early in the season and now Geno will have some time to work on the correctable mistakes the Huskies have made offensively. Right now, there isn’t too much wrong defensively, if anything at all.

The Huskies will be back in action on Wednesday night when they’ll host the Towson Tigers at the XL Center in Hartford, CT. The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast locally here in Connecticut on CPTV.

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Notes and musings:

Dayton Flyers @ UConn Huskies 11-27-11 box score

Here are the postgame quotes from UConn head coach Geno Auriemma and Dayton head coach Jim Jabir.

This was the 89th straight win at home for UConn and that is the most in NCAA history across all divisions.

The starters for the Huskies were Bria Hartley, Caroline Doty, Tiffany Hayes, Kelly Faris and Stefanie Dolson.

UConn shot 51% (25-49) from the floor while Dayton shot 27.5% (14-51).

The Huskies had 15 assists on their 25 made baskets.

UConn was 7-of-14 (50%) on three pointers with Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis going 6-of-8.  The Flyers were just 3-of-23 (13%) from downtown.

The Huskies were 21-of-27 (77.8%) from the charity stripe.

UConn won the battle of the glass, outrebounding Dayton 39-26.

The Huskies outscored the Flyers 34-18 in the paint and 12-9 on second chance points.

Both teams had four points on the fast break.

UConn had 22 points off of 23 Dayton turnovers. The Flyers had three points off of 17 Huskies turnovers.

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