Maddy Siegrist is putting the college basketball world on notice heading into Villanova’s weekend clash with conference rival UConn.
The senior forward scored a career-high 50 points in the No. 14 Wildcats’ win last Saturday against Seton Hall. That total also set the high-water mark for the season across women’s and men’s college basketball.
Siegrist followed that up with a 39-point performance Wednesday against St. John’s. has a double-double in each of her last three games, and she has not scored less than 21 points in any game this season.
While the reigning Big East Player of the Year entered the year as the favorite to win the award again, she’s risen to another level as Villanova (23-4) prepares to host No. 6 UConn (23-4) in front of a sellout crowd at 2:30 p.m. ET Saturday.
Not only does Siegrist lead the NCAA with 29.4 points per game, she is outscoring her nearest challenger, Iowa’s Caitlin Clark (27.2), by more than two points per game. She has made 53.8% of her field goal attempts and 41.1% of her 3-point attempts this season.
In her 50-point performance, she broke the Villanova record for points in a single game, and she already…
