MEDIA GUIDE MEDIA GUIDE 2020-21 UCONN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFO HISTORY 2020-21 Quick Facts ....................................................................... 3 All-Time Roster & Career Stats ................................................29-32 2020-21 Roster ................................................................................ 4 Letterwinners by Jersey Number ................................................... 33 2020-21 TV/Radio Roster ................................................................ 5 Letterwinners by State/Country ..................................................... 34 All-Time Schedule & Results ....................................................35-43 COACHING STAFF All-Time Records vs. Conferences ................................................ 44 Head Coach Geno Auriemma .......................................................6-7 Regular Season Tournament All-Time Results .............................. 45 Associate Head Coach Chris Dailey ................................................ 8 Series Records .........................................................................46-55 Assistant Coach Shea Ralph ........................................................... 9 Final AP Poll Rankings .................................................................. 56 Assistant Coach Jamelle Elliott ....................................................... 9 Week-by-Week AP Poll Rankings .................................................. 56 Final USA Today Coaches Poll Rankings ...................................... 57 2020-21 HUSKIES Week-by-Week USA Today Coaches Poll Rankings ..................... 57 Evina Westbrook ...................................................................... 10-11 UConn vs. Ranked Teams ........................................................58-59 Olivia Nelson-Ododa ................................................................12-13 Christyn Williams ......................................................................14-15 RECORDS & HONORS Aubrey Griffin ................................................................................. 16 Team Single-Game Records ......................................................... 60 Anna Makurat ................................................................................ 17 Team Single-Season Records ....................................................... 61 Paige Bueckers ............................................................................. 18 1,000/2,000/3,000 Career Point Scorers ....................................... 62 Autumn Chassion .......................................................................... 18 Individual Career Records ............................................................. 63 Aaliyah Edwards ............................................................................ 19 Individual Single-Season Records ................................................. 64 Piath Gabriel .................................................................................. 19 Individual Single-Game Records ................................................... 65 Mir McLean .................................................................................... 20 Double-Double/Triple-Double Records .......................................... 66 Nika Muhl ....................................................................................... 20 Records by Class .......................................................................... 67 Year-by-Year Leaders ...............................................................68-69 2019-20 REVIEW National Individual Honors ............................................................. 70 Schedule & Results .....................................................................................21 All-Americans ................................................................................ 71 Regular Season Box Scores .................................................................22-25 UConn and USA Basketball ........................................................... 72 Conference Tournament Box Scores .........................................................26 UConn in the WNBA .................................................................73-74 Final Statistics ..............................................................................................27 Accolades .....................................................................................................28 CONFERENCE HISTORY & HONORS Week-by-Week Rankings ...........................................................................28 Individual Honors ......................................................................75-76 Conference Tournament All-Time Results ..................................... 77 NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY & HONORS Team Records ............................................................................... 78 Individual Records ......................................................................... 78 NCAA Tournament All-Time Results .........................................79-80 NCAA Individual Honors ................................................................ 80 - 2 - MEDIA GUIDE 2020-21 UCONN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY INFO WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF Location ........................................................................Storrs, Conn. Head Coach ............................................................. Geno Auriemma Founded .................................................................................... 1881 Alma Mater .............................................................West Chester ‘81 Enrollment .............................................................................. 32,182 Career Record (36th Yr.) .........................................1,091-142 (.885) Colors ..................................................... National Flag Blue & White Associate Head Coach ...................................................Chris Dailey Nickname .............................................................................. Huskies Alma Mater ......................................................................Rutgers ‘82 Conference ....................................................BIG EAST Conference Assistant Coach .............................................................. Shea Ralph President .......................................................Thomas C. Katsouleas Alma Mater ....................................................................... UConn ‘01 Director of Athletics ....................................................David Benedict Assistant Coach ...........................................................Jamelle Elliott SWA ...................................................................... Adrianne Swinney Alma Mater ....................................................................... UConn ‘96 Home Court ...............................................Gampel Pavilion (10,167) WBB Office Phone .....................................................(860) 486-4756 .............................................................................XL Center (15,558) WBB Office Fax .........................................................(860) 486-5487 TEAM INFORMATION ROSTER INFORMATION Stats from 2019-20 2019-20 Record ..........................................................................29-3 Returning Starters (3) HT CL POS GP-GS PPG RPG APG BPG SPG Home ........................................................................................12-2 13 Christyn Williams 5-11 Jr. G 32-31 14.6 4.9 2.3 0.2 1.3 Away ........................................................................................13-1 20 Olivia Nelson-Ododa 6-5 Jr. F 32-31 10.9 8.5 2.8 3.2 1.1 Neutral ........................................................................................4-0 24 Anna Makurat 6-2 So. G 32-14 7.9 3.9 3.3 0.3 1.5 American Athletic Conference Record ........................................16-0 Returning Letterwinners (1) HT CL POS GP-GS PPG RPG APG BPG SPG Home ..........................................................................................8-0 44 Aubrey Griffin 6-1 So. F 32-0 6.4 5.4 1.0 0.6 1.5 Away ..........................................................................................8-0 Finish ........................................................................................ First Newcomers (7) HT CL POS NOTES Tournament ...................................................................Champions 2 Autumn Chassion 5-8 Fr. G Joined team as walk-on in July NCAA Tournament ............................................................. Cancelled 3 Aaliyah Edwards 6-3 Fr. F Member of Canadian National Team AP Final Ranking .......................................................................... 5th 5 Paige Bueckers 5-11 Fr. G No. 1 ranked recruit; Gatorade POTY USA Today Final Ranking ............................................................. 4th 10 Nika Muhl 5-10 Fr. G First UConn player from Croatia Starters Returning/Lost ................................................................. 3/2 11 Mir McLean 5-11 Fr. F No. 25 ranked recruit 22 Evina Westbrook 6-0 R-Jr. G Redshirted 2019-20 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ........................................................ 4/6 32 Piath Gabriel 6-5 Fr. F Ranked No. 23 at her position Newcomers ...................................................................................... 7 Losses (6) HT CL POS GP-GS PPG