Paige Bueckers and the UConn Huskies host the Louisville Cardinal in a Top 25 matchup in women’s college basketball.
The second game in the inaugural Champions Classic features two long-time rivals in women’s college basketball. Second-ranked UConn (7-0) faces off with 22nd-ranked Louisville (5-3) to close out a great double-header. The Huskies are starting to get healthy this season around Paige Bueckers with senior Azzi Fudd playing in the last four games. With Fudd back in the lineup alongside Bueckers and freshman Sarah Strong, the Huskies have one of the best teams in the country on both ends of the floor. The Cardinal will look to pull off the upset here in the Champions Classic led by senior Jayda Curry and freshman Tajianna Roberts.
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Game Date: Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024
Game Time: 9:00 p.m. ET
TV: FOX Net
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This season Curry is back to scoring double-figures with 12.0 points per game while averaging career-bests in both shooting (47.2%) and assists per game (3.5). Since transferring from California she has found a home leading the Cardinals.
For the Huskies the offense is framed around the diversity of Bueckers and the well-rounded scoring of Strong in her first season in women’s college basketball. Bueckers is one of just two players this season averaging at least 20 points per game (20.4), shooting over 50% from the field (60.9%) and averaging at least 2.5 steals or blocks per game (2.6 steals) in the country, getting it done on both ends of the floor.
Strong is one of the leaders among freshmen averaging 15.6 points, 7.6 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 2.7 steals and 1.6 blocks per game on 54.7% shooting from the field.
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