BIG EAST WBB Minute: UConn Sits at #1 in Nation; 11 Video games This Week

Best of the Best
The UConn Huskies (21-0, 11-0) have been nothing wanting dominant this season as they’re the one undefeated girls’s basketball workforce remaining within the nation. The workforce is on a 37-game profitable streak, the fifth longest in program historical past. Sophomore phenom Sarah Strong leads the Huskies, averaging 18.9 factors, 8.2 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 3.6 steals, and 1.6 blocks per sport. Azzi Fudd is sporting a .491/.445/1.000 capturing break up this season. Her 3-point share is 14th within the nation. The Huskies lead the nation with 24.1 assists per sport, dishing 20 or extra within the final 19 contests. UConn is 4-0 in opposition to nationally ranked opponents this season, with its subsequent matchup on Saturday, February 1, in opposition to #15 Tennessee.
 
The Pirates Treasure
Seton Hall has discovered gold with graduate pupil Mariana Valenzuela. Valenzuela, a switch from Florida State, leads Seton Hall with 7.5 rebounds per sport and is second in factors per sport (13.2). On Monday, she was named to the league’s weekly honor roll after averaging 16.5 factors and eight.0 rebounds in a 1-1 week in opposition to Providence and UConn. She was the largest spark for the Pirates in opposition to the Huskies, scoring the primary six factors of the sport to complete with a game-high 18 factors. She helped the Pirates lead UConn for 4:13, marking the longest the Huskies have trailed this season in any sport. Valenzuela heads into week 13 of play with 13 double-digit scoring performances and three double-doubles.
 
Snaps for Sabou
Providence graduate pupil Sabou Gueye leads the Friars and is within the top-10 of a number of BIG EAST statistical classes. Sabou leads PC with 14.1 factors per sport, 14 double-digit scoring performances and 5 20-point outings by way of 21 video games this season. She is fifth within the league with a .488 field-goal share and sixth in factors per sport (14.2). Sabou is ninth in rebounds per sport (5.9) and steals per sport (1.9) amongst BIG EAST gamers.  
 
BIG EAST Players Among the Nation’s Best
UConn’s KK Arnold ranks third within the nation in help/turnover ratio (4.45) whereas teammate Sarah Strong ranks third in steals per sport (3.62), fifth in steals (76), and eleventh in field-goal share (.596). Huskies’ Azzi Fudd is tenth in three-pointers (61) and 14th within the nation with a .445 three-point share. Seton Hall’s Savannah Catalon is tied for 18th in steals with 60 and twenty second in steals per sport (3.0). Neleigh Gessert (Creighton) is nineteenth within the NCAA with 58 made three-pointers and is tied for twenty second with 153 three-point makes an attempt.
 
Week 13 Schedule
This week’s BIG EAST girls’s basketball schedule options 11 video games. Villanova hosts Providence on Tuesday, January 27 at 7 p.m. on ESPN+, adopted by three video games on Wednesday – St. John’s at Creighton (7 p.m.), DePaul at Marquette (7:30 p.m.) and Xavier at #1 UConn (8 p.m.). Seton Hall travels to Georgetown on Thursday night time for an 11 a.m. matchup on ESPN+. Saturday’s duo of video games on ESPN+ begins at 1 p.m. with St. John’s at Providence, adopted by DePaul at Villanova at 2 p.m. The top-ranked Huskies meet their fifth top-25 opponent this season in opposition to #15 Tennessee on Sunday at midday on FOX. Sunday afternoon has three video games, together with Butler-Xavier (1 p.m.), Creighton-Seton Hall (3 p.m.) and Marquette-Georgetown (5 p.m.).
 
UConn Sweeps Weekly Awards
UConn sophomore ahead Sarah Strong recorded her second straight and sixth BIG EAST Player of the Week honor of the season. Strong averaged 20.0 factors, 8.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists and three.3 steals in a 3-0 week in opposition to Notre Dame, Georgetown, and Seton Hall. Husky teammate ahead Blanca Quiñonez earned her seventh BIG EAST Freshman of the Week. Quiñonez averaged 10.7 factors, 3.7 rebounds and three.0 assists within the three wins. This is the sixth time this season that UConn swept the weekly awards. Full Release
 
Sunday Recaps
Marquette 64 at Butler 60
Box Score
Marquette’s Halle Vice scored 23 factors on 10-for-15 capturing from the sphere, whereas Jaidynn Mason added 16 factors, with 14 within the second half. Butler had three gamers rating double figures – Mallory Miller (14), Lily Zeinstra (13) and Saniya Jackson (12). Jackson additionally pulled down 9 rebounds. The Golden Eagles had been held scoreless for 3:34 as they held a six-point lead with lower than 5 minutes to go. Miller hit a three-pointer for Butler to chop MU’s result in three with 30 seconds left. Lee Volker and Mason went 3-for-3 from the foul line to seal the win.
 
at DePaul 76, Creighton 61 
Box Score
Kate Novik led DePaul with 17 factors, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals. Devin Hagemann scored 16 factors on the energy of 4 3-pointers, to go together with 4 rebounds, two assists and two steals. Natiah Nelson shot 83% from the sphere to complete with 10 factors. The win marked DePaul’s first victory over Creighton since 2022. Creighton’s Ava Zediker had a game-high 19 factors, whereas Grace Boffeli recorded a double-double with 12 factors and 10 rebounds. Neleigh Gessert (11) and Kennedy Townsend (10) rounded out Creighton’s double-digit scorers.

BIG EAST to Provide Public Availability Reports for Men’s and Women’s Basketball

Beginning within the 2025-26 season, the BIG EAST Conference will present public reviews on the provision of student-athletes in convention video games for the sports activities of males’s and ladies’s basketball. BIG EAST colleges can be required to submit availability reviews three hours earlier than the scheduled tipoff time.  Under the reporting construction, gamers can be designated as “questionable” or “out.”  Availability reviews can be posted on the BIG EAST web site all through the 2025-26 season. 

Women’s Basketball Availability Reports

 

#BEwbb Schedule

Tuesday, January 27

Providence at Villanova*, 7 p.m. Stats | ESPN+

 

Wednesday, January 28

St. John’s at Creighton*, 7 p.m. Stats | ESPN+

DePaul at Marquette*, 7:30 p.m. Stats | ESPN+

Xavier at #1 UConn*, 8 p.m. Stats | Peacock

 

Thursday, January 29

Seton Hall at Georgetown*, 11 a.m. Stats | ESPN+

 

Saturday, January 31

St. John’s at Providence*, 1 p.m. Stats | ESPN+

DePaul at Villanova*, 2 p.m. Stats | ESPN+

 

Sunday, February 1

#15 Tennessee at #1 UConn, Noon Stats | FOX

Butler at Xavier*, 1 p.m. Stats | ESPN+

Creighton at Seton Hall*, 3 p.m. Stats | truTV

Marquette at Georgetown*, 5 p.m. Stats | truTV

 

* Conference sport

All Times Eastern