STORRS, Conn. – The second-ranked UConn women's basketball team (1-0) hosts longtime rival South Florida (2-0) in Gampel Pavilion Sunday at 4:30 p.m. The game will air on SNY and the UConn Sports Network (FOX Sports 97-9).
The Huskies opened the season with an 86-32 win over Boston University last Thursday. Freshmen Jana El Alfy and Sarah Strong each scored 17 points in their UConn debuts, with El Alfy adding 11 rebounds and Strong grabbing six steals.
South Florida moved to 2-0 on the season with a 68-51 win over Mount St. Mary's last Thursday. Sammie Puisis led the Bulls with 25 points. USF was selected first in the preseason AAC coaches' poll. Head coach Jose Fernandez is in his 25th season at South Florida.
UConn is 33-0 all-time vs. South Florida. The teams last met in the 2021 Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas. It was the only game between the teams in which the Huskies won by fewer than 10 points.
UConn Athletics will celebrate head coach Geno Auriemma and associate head coach Chris Dailey's 40th season in Storrs in 2024-25 and honor their legacies and major milestones with several initiatives throughout the year.
The Huskies' primary celebration will take place during UConn's sold-out game vs. Fairleigh Dickinson on Wednesday, Nov. 20, in Gampel Pavilion. All student-athletes who played for Auriemma and Dailey are invited back to campus as the program celebrates their four decades of their success.
The UConn Dairy Bar is featuring three specials in honor of Geno and CD for the month of November. Fans can try Legend-Berry Legacy ice cream at both the Dairy Bar and Gampel games, as well as Geno's Champion-Chip Sundae and CD's Peanut Butter Dream milkshake.
Fans can tune into Setting the Standard, a five-part docuseries that tells the story of Auriemma and Dailey's 40 years at UConn. The first three episodes are available to stream now at UConnPlus.tv, with the final two episodes releasing Nov. 12 and Nov. 19.
UConn is ranked second in both the AP and WBCA preseason polls.
STREAMING
UConn's SNY games will be available to stream in-market (CT, NY, NJ, PA) to authenticated subscribers via the SNY app.
Out-of-market fans will be able to stream UConn's SNY games at no additional cost to authenticated subscribers who have FOX as part of their television package. Users will need to sign in with their TV provider credentials at https://www.foxsports.com/ or in the FOX Sports app. The games can also be accessed at www.fox.com/sports or in the FOX Now app.
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