No. 8 UConn women’s basketball showed out Wednesday in a 72-47 win against No. 21 Creighton, even with just seven players available.
For coach Geno Auriemma, the dominant victory showed what makes the Huskies special — but also, at times, frustrating to watch.
Or not watch. Auriemma, who missed two games before the holiday break due to illness, could not bear to watch the team in his absence.
“I don’t watch the games when I’m not here — until I know what the score is afterwards,” he said.
The team’s turnover totals in particular are cause for concern. The Huskies are averaging 17.3 per game, and they had 19 and 23 in the two games without Auriemma on the bench.
Against Creighton, they had 15. But they also outrebounded the Bluejays 59-27 and shot 44.4% from the field in what Auriemma called a “pretty amazing” performance.
“It feels good to be around this group,” he said. “They have so much energy that they play with all the time. They’re infuriating sometimes with some of the things they do, but they never stop. They just keep playing, so it’s really neat to be around it.”
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