UConn women's basketball survives first-half scare to clinch Big East championship at Villanova

Villanova, Pa. — At halftime of Wednesday night’s game against Villanova at Finneran Pavilion, the UConn women’s basketball team looked utterly shell-shocked. For the first time since their February 2023 loss to St. John’s, the Huskies found themselves trailing at halftime against a Big East opponent. Of the Huskies starters, only redshirt senior guard Azzi Fudd had first-hand experience playing from behind in the Big East, and it suddenly felt like the team’s streak of almost three undefeated years in the conference was in real jeopardy. It took a heroic...