Sarah Strong and Co. came into the rivalry game against Notre Dame to taste some sweet revenge. The Irish delivered the Huskies their only double-digit loss of the 2024-25 season with a 79-68 upset, putting them on a three-game losing streak in the series for the first time since 2013.“It wasn’t a pretty game overall for us,” Strong said Sunday. “It was really ugly, so we’ll hopefully not make it ugly tomorrow.” UConn did make it ugly, just not for themselves.
No.1 UConn routed Notre Dame 85-47, their largest ever win over the Fighting Irish. Their previous record was the 27-point win in 2002. Strong was once again in the forefront for the Huskies, scoring 18 points while going 8/12 from the field. She also grabbed 11 rebounds for a double-double, her sixth of the campaign, plus led UConn with 3 blocks and 3 steals. In the process of that performance, Strong also set a major record.
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“Sarah Strong became the third-fastest UConn player to reach 1,000 points, doing so in 59 games. Only Paige Bueckers and Maya Moore did so faster (55 games).(Strong is, notably, not even averaging 30 minutes per game this season),” wrote Alexa Phillippou.
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