Before today’s game against the Pittsburgh Panthers, UConn senior captain and point guard Renee Montgomery was added to the Huskies of Honor. Her No. 20 will now hang above Gampel Pavilion with all of the other 10 UConn Huskies women’s basketball greats (Rebecca Lobo, Kara Wolters, Jennifer Rizzotti, Diana Taurasi, Swin Cash, Shea Ralph, Sue Bird, Nykesha Sales, Kerry Bascom and Svetlana Abrosimova), head coach Geno Auriemma and the 1994-95 undefeated National Championship team.
Including today’s game, Montgomery has started 134 straight games and 127 straight in Big East Conference play. which is the most in women’s basketball. Coming into today, she needs just 259 points to reach the 2,000 point plateau, which has only been done by 5 players.
Montgomery is the only the the third player in UConn women’s history, joining Diana Taurasi and Jen Rizzotti, to score 1,500 points and have 500 assists. She is also the third player, joining Shea Ralph and Svetlana Abrosimova to be in the top 10 in her career of points, assists and steals.
This is a tremendous honor for Montgomery as she becomes the first Husky to be honored before graduation. It’s definitely an honor well deserved for her as well. She’s been the leader of this team for 3 seasons and she’s one of the main reasons why the Huskies are the No. 1 team in the nation.
Congratulations to Renee and her family on this truly great honor.
