UConn women’s basketball just missed the century mark en route to a 97-68 victory over Butler in their final road game of the regular season.
Paige Bueckers recorded her second double-double of the season, with 20 points and 14 assists. Bueckers 14 dimes set a new single-game record for assists for UConn, surpassing Renee Montgomery’s previous record of 13 assists.
Despite being only 20 games into her UConn career, Bueckers also broke the program record for assists in a freshman season. Following today’s game she has 130 assists, already seven above the previous record of 123 (held by Pam Webber and Montgomery) with plenty of basketball to play.