UConn women’s basketball forward Blanca Quinonez was named the Big East Freshman of the Week for the fifth time this season, the conference announced Monday.
Quinonez helped lead the Huskies to a 94-47 rout of Butler in their lone of the week, with 12 points plus three rebounds and three steals in Sunday’s win. The freshman is averaging 10.5 points, 2.9 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.6 steals, and she is UConn’s third-leading scorer playing just 18 minutes per game off the bench. She is shooting 58.4% from the field and leads the team in 3-point percentage shooting 57.7% with at least one make in five of her last seven appearances.
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With five such wins in eight weeks, Quinonez is comfortably on pace to bring home the conference’s freshman of the year award. Huskies superstar Sarah Strong earned the honor 10 times en route to winning in 2025, and junior guard Ashlynn Shade got five weekly recognitions when she won the award in 2024. This was Quinonez’s third consecutive weekly honor, and no other freshman in the league has earned the recognition more than once.
Strong was also named to the Big East weekly honor roll this week after a team-high 15 points, six rebounds and seven assists plus three steals in the win over Butler. The sophomore phenom has earned the conference’s player of the week honor three times this year.
UConn looks to remain undefeated in Big East play on Wednesday when it travels to face Providence at Amica Mutual Pavilion. The Huskies haven’t lost to a conference opponent since Feb. 21, 2023, and they have won their four Big East games so far this season by an average of 53.8 points.
UConn women’s basketball dismantles Butler 94-47 after early deficit to stay undefeated in Big East
