Last Night in College Basketball: UConn's New Era is Off to a Strong Start

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UConn won a record 12th championship this past spring, snapping a tie with UCLA’s men’s team. That squad was led by eventual No. 1 pick in the WNBA Draft, Paige Bueckers, Final Four Most Outstanding Player Azzi Fudd and Big East Freshman of the Year Sarah Strong. On Sunday, UConn hosted Florida State for their home opener, where they raised the championship banner that trio — and plenty of other members of this year’s UConn team — won.

And they looked the part against a game Florida State team, which kept things close at first, but just could not keep up against a relentless UConn attack that featured transfer Kayleigh Heckel endearing herself to the new home crowd with 12 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 6 steals in 21 minutes off the bench, as a key part of a team-wide, stifling defensive approach against the Seminoles.

Sarah Strong wasn’t the focal point of last year’s UConn squad, but with Bueckers gone and Fudd now in her last year of eligibility as a graduate student, it’s her era that starts now. And she’s been up to the challenge in the early going, whether it’s defensively — she had a pair of steals and blocks — or on the boards — Strong pulled down 9 rebounds, 8 of them in the first quarter while UConn was still getting their footing — and scored 21 points in 23 minutes of play.

Sometimes, she did a bunch of the above all in one go, too.

Strong is a 6-foot-2 forward who can cause problems on both ends of the court and run an offense when needed; there’s a