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Bueckers is the third player in conference history to win the award three times, also claiming the honor as a freshman and last season.

The WNBA's career scoring leader and a three-time league champion, Taurasi announced her retirement on Tuesday in an interview with Time magazine. The Phoenix Mercury — the only WNBA team she played for — also confirmed her decision.

Team president Jennifer Rizzotti told The Associated Press in a phone interview Tuesday night that it wasn’t in the franchise’s best interest to move Mabrey. Rizzotti says she wants Mabrey on the team and calls her “an easy piece to build around.”

Bueckers was going for a loose ball when Villanova’s Jasmine Bascoe dove and went into the All-Americans’ left knee, bending it back awkwardly.

Sarah Strong scored a career-high 29 points and Paige Bueckers added 27 to lift No. 4 UConn to a 101-68 victory over Iowa State on Tuesday night in the Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Showcase.

UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma broke a tie with former Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer, earning his 1,217 career victory with an 85-41 win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Wednesday night.

UConn coach Geno Auriemma and longtime assistant Chris Dailey are on the cusp of setting the NCAA record for victories.

Connecticut Sun players said racist and homophobic comments directed at WNBA players need to stop.

Diana Taurasi joked after the Tokyo Olympics that she’d see everyone in Paris. The 42-year-old guard turned the joke into reality.

Caitlin Clark’s much anticipated WNBA debut is set for Tuesday night in Connecticut.