Will we see an early season dog fight when the No. 2 UConn Huskies (1-0) take on the NC State Wolfpack (1-0) in Raleigh on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. ET on ABC?
The Wolfpack have the personnel required to match up with—and potentially present challenges to—the Huskies. Head coach Wes Moore can deploy a big rotation of 6-foot-5 senior center River Baldwin, 6-foot-3 grad forward Mimi Collins, 6-foot-5 grad center Lizzy Williamson and 6-foot-3 freshman center Mallory Collier.
None of those players can match the talents of UConn senior big Aaliyah Edwards, who led the Huskies with 23 points and nine rebounds in their opening rout of Dayton. But beyond Edwards, the Huskies’ size is untested. In her college debut, 6-foot-3 redshirt freshman forward Ice Brady had three points in 10 minutes, while 6-foot-6 junior forward, Amari DeBerry, who has yet to gain the trust of head coach Geno Auriemma, played just five minutes.
UConn, of course, has a slew of elite perimeter players capable of carrying the team to a road victory, led by redshirt junior and preseason All-American Paige Bueckers. A bit rusty in her first official action since last summer’s ACL tear, Bueckers tallied eight points, seven rebounds and four assists. The starting trio of senior guard Nika Mühl,…
