Caroline Ducharme is inching closer to a return for UConn women’s basketball, while Azzi Fudd likely has a longer wait ahead of her.
UConn coach Geno Auriemma addressed both players’ statuses in the lead-up to Sunday’s loss against No. 1 South Carolina. While Fudd’s rehab has been going “great,” he said, there is still no timetable for her return.
“We’ll see what happens in the next week or so,” he said Wednesday. “But right now there’s nothing you can point to and say, ‘Here’s the date.’”
That, of course, came before UConn hung around in a heavyweight battle with the undefeated Gamecocks, which left the team with “a lot to feel good about,” Auriemma said — especially given the fact that the team was playing with just eight available players, as they have been for the last five games.
“I told them I feel better at 3 o’clock today than I did at 12 o’clock,” he said. “Because at 12 o’clock, I didn’t know how we would respond,” he said. “I knew we would play hard. We’ve been playing hard all year long. I knew we would compete like hell.
“But I didn’t know who was going to make a big play, who was going to get a big rebound, who was going to make a big shot. I know more now than I…
