HARTFORD, Conn. — The UConn women's basketball team's nonconference schedule is likely finalized, with the school announcing Tuesday that the Huskies will host South Carolina Monday, Feb. 8 at Gampel Pavilion.
Geno Auriemma and the Huskies are 8-1 all-time against South Carolina, the sole loss coming last season in Columbia, S.C., in a 70-52 decision. The Gamecocks graduated two seniors, Ty Harris and Mikiah Herbert Harrigan, to the WNBA, but return Aaliyah Boston, considered by many the top freshman in the country last season.
The Huskies managed to maintain a strong nonconference slate despite the various logistical complications amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Four of the teams they will play (assuming both UConn and Mississippi State advance to play each other on the second day of this month's Hall of Fame Women's Challenge) are ranked in the top six of ESPNw's Way-Too-Early Top 25: While the Huskies are slotted at No. 4, South Carolina comes in at No. 1, Baylor at No. 3, Louisville at No. 5 and Mississippi State at No. 6. Conference foe DePaul, which came in second in the preseason Big East standings, was ranked No. 19 in the nation.
