UConn women’s basketball is making a late addition to its 2022-23 roster. On Friday, the team announced Portuguese point guard Inês Bettencourt (pronounced ee-NEDGE bet-ten-QUART) as its newest player, providing much-needed depth in the backcourt following Paige Bueckers’ season-ending knee injury. Bettencourt was originally committed to play at Northwest Florida, a junior college, before flipping to UConn. She’ll wear No. 21.
“Inês is a true point guard. She loves to distribute the ball and can make shots,” Geno Auriemma said in a release. “She’s used to playing in the European style of ball movement, ball screens, lots of 2-man game, 3-man game.