UConn women’s basketball’s Aubrey Griffin will not play this weekend due to ankle and back injuries, head coach Geno Auriemma announced on his radio show Thursday night. The coach said one day earlier that the junior would play a few minutes in the Huskies’ two upcoming games.
“We thought she was going to be good to go this weekend and our athletic trainer, Janelle [Francisco] told me today after watching her go through some things in practice a little bit...she said, ‘[Aubrey’s] not going to be available this weekend,” Auriemma told 97.9 ESPN. “It’s just been one thing after another for the poor kid.