Last Night in College Basketball: Even Without Key Players, UConn Dominated

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UConn faced off against Xavier on Wednesday without starting senior forward Serah Williams — last year’s Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year before her transfer from Wisconsin — and freshman forward Blanca Quinonez, who is averaging 10.6 points in 19.6 minutes per game off the bench this season. You would not know this was the case unless you were told or saw it yourself, given the way the game played out.

Junior guard Ashlynn Shade stepped up with 12 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and a career-high and Division I-leading 9 steals, helping UConn force an absurd 34 turnovers. And sophomore guard Allie Ziebell was red-hot off the bench: she played 29 minutes and scored a career-best 34 points on 11-for-15 shooting while sinking 10 3-pointers, which tied the Huskies’ program record. Ziebell also had 3 assists and 2 steals, and her 34 points represented more than what Xavier’s starters managed, combined — the fivesome put up 33 points as a unit, with the bench adding the other half-dozen in a 97-39 defeat.

Ziebell just likes shooting against Xavier: every time she has made at least 5 3-pointers — this is the third time it’s happened — it has been against the Musketeers.

What’s maybe most incredible about the final score is that UConn was up just 22-17 after the first quarter, and Xavier even had a lead for a bit. Then things got very ugly for the Musketeers. The Huskies not only forced 34 turnovers, but scored 48 points off of them, and the defense held Xavier to 7, 7, and