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UConn’s win over Ohio State crystallized a moment Geno Auriemma has been inching toward for weeks. The Huskies forward, Sarah Strong dominated and confirmed the
How freshman Blanca Quiñonez is already impacting the UConn women's basketball team: 'It's exciting'
Despite her turnover troubles, Quiñonez has already made a major impact on the floor in her first two games. She earned Big East Freshman of the Week honors Monday after averaging 11.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, two assists and 1.5 steals in UConn’s two wins last week.
UConn has college basketball’s deepest roster, using an artillery of top talent that will be hard for anyone to match. Sarah Strong is a do-it-all National Player of the Year front-runner, a sophomore with magnetic hands, a deft touch around the rim, and poise that few other 19-year-olds have ever possessed on a basketball court.
The Associated Press national player of the week in women’s basketball for Week 1 of the season is UConn forward Sarah Strong.
While Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd were undoubtedly the biggest names and invaluable pieces of the UConn Huskies women's basketball team winning the 2025 national championship, there's a case to be made that Sarah Strong (who was a freshman that season) was the most important aspect of UConn's on-court success.