BIG EAST WBB Minute: #1 UConn Stays Undefeated; Four Video games Saturday

Villanova 50 at #1 UConn 99
Box Score
Sarah Strong was stellar for the Huskies with 24 factors, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 blocks, and three steals in 27 minutes of motion. KK Arnold recorded a season-high tying 13 factors, to go along with seven assists and 4 steals. Azzi Fudd and Blanca Quiñonez added 14 and 13 factors, respectively. UConn held Villanova’s high scorer, Jasmine Bascoe, to only eight factors. Villanova was led by Kennedy Henry with 12 factors, 4 boards, two assists and two steals. Brynn McCurry did a bit little bit of all the things for the Wildcats, ending with 11 factors, 5 rebounds, three blocks and two steals. Villanova went on a 10-0 run within the second quarter to chop UConn’s result in 38-23.
 
BIG EAST Honors Martin Luther King Jr. this Weekend
As a part of the conference-wide efforts to help social affect and inclusion, BIG EAST males’s and girls’s basketball packages are utilizing their platform to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Teams shall be carrying capturing shirts donning a message representing the life lived by Dr. King. The phrase, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” can also be the theme of a social media marketing campaign that may be seen by following @BIGEAST on X and Instagram. Four girls’s video games are scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 17, starting with a pair of 1 p.m. contests. Providence is about to host Creighton, whereas Xavier welcomes St. John’s to Cincinnati. At 3 p.m., Georgetown travels to Marquette and DePaul hosts Seton Hall. All 4 video games shall be on ESPN+. On Sunday at 2 p.m., Villanova hosts Butler on ESPN+. Rounding out the weekend on FOX, UConn will sq. off towards Notre Dame in a non-conference affair on MLK Jr. Day at 5 p.m.
 
It’s a ten Out of 10
Seton Hall’s Savannah Catalon went an ideal 10-for-10 from the free-throw line within the group’s 64-61 win over Marquette. The recreation marked the second time she has completed the feat this season. Catalon and Georgetown’s Destiny Agubata are the one BIG EAST gamers to go 10-for-10 from the charity stripe this season. It was additionally Catalon’s fifth recreation of her profession with an ideal free-throw share on not less than 10 makes an attempt. 
 
Five Teams in Top 75 NET
Five BIG EAST girls’s basketball groups are sitting within the high 75 of the NET rankings via Thursday evening’s video games. UConn leads the nation at No. 1, adopted by Villanova at 35. Seton Hall takes the 45^th spot, whereas Marquette (55) and Georgetown (75) spherical out the 5.

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 stories on the provision of student-athletes in convention video games for the sports activities of males’s and girls’s basketball. BIG EAST colleges shall be required to submit availability stories three hours earlier than the scheduled tipoff time.  Under the reporting construction, gamers shall be designated as “questionable” or “out.”  Availability stories shall be posted on the BIG EAST web site all through the 2025-26 season. Women’s Basketball Availability Reports

This Week in #BEWBB

 

Saturday, January 17

Creighton at Providence, 1 p.m. Stats | ESPN+

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

Georgetown at Marquette, 3 p.m. Stats | ESPN+

Seton Hall at DePaul, 3 p.m. Stats | ESPN+

 

Sunday, January 18

Butler at Villanova, 2 p.m. Stats | ESPN+

* Conference recreation

All Times Eastern