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UConn Targets Harper, McCall, Turner Named to U-17 Team

UConn 2013 recruiting targets Linnae Harper, a 5-foot-7 guard from Chicago, and Erica McCall, a 6-3 forward from Bakersfield, Calif., have been named to the U.S. U-17 team, USA Basketball announced today. Huskies’ 2014 target Brianna Turner, a 6-3 wing from Pearland, Texas, also made the 12-person roster. The final roster was chosen from a [...] ... Read More...

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Lawson Pledges Gift to Summitt

Connecticut Sun guard Kara Lawson announced Sunday that she will donate $50 for every three she makes this season to the Pat Summitt Foundation. Summitt, who won 1,098 games at Tennessee and eight national titles, step down after 38 seasons nearly a year after being diagnosed with early onset dementia, Alzheimer’s type. In response to [...] ... Read More...

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Lawson looking to aid her former coach

Not that Kara Lawson, one of the best 3-point shooters in the WNBA, needs a reason to fire away during Connecticut Sun games but for good measure, she now has a little more motivation.Lawson has pledged $50 to the Pat Summitt Foundation for every 3-pointer she makes this season and the Sun will match her pledge."Coach has been a big mentor ... Read More...

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How Good Is Tina Charles?

Tina  Charles has 47 double-doubles in 70 career WNBA games. She needs three to tie Taj McWilliams-Franklin’s career mark for the Connecticut Sun. But it took Taj 241 games to do it. Do the math. Charles also is four rebounds from reaching 800 faster than anyone in WNBA history.   ... Read More...

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Sun Rally For Second Win Over Liberty

The schedule handed the Connecticut Sun a prime early-season chance to make hay in the WNBA’s Eastern Conference. If you don’t think hay is an appropriate metaphor for pennant race basketball, you likely don’t believe the postseason is as much a horse race as the coaches. Saturday at Madison Square Garden, the Sun opened the [...] ... Read More...

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Ogwumike not great in WNBA debut, but her team wins

Although former Stanford star Nneka Ogwumike came out a winner in her first regular-season WNBA game on Friday, her pro debut was less than spectacular. Ogwumike's Los Angeles Sparks rallied from a 21-point second-half deficit to beat the Seattle Storm 72-66 in Seattle in the only game played on the first night of the WNBA regular season ... Read More...

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2012 WNBA Preview: Can The New York Liberty Get Beyond Average?

Every year I've used this statistical framework for evaluating teams in the preseason, there's one team that is sort of a wild card, a team that could either win their conference or finish in the lottery. A large part of that is simply the shortcoming of using statistics to say anything about a fluid sport like basketball, but part of it is telling - it's a team that is solid ... Read More...

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Scheduling visits is next step for Saniya Chong

UConn Class of 2013 recruiting target Saniya Chong recently cut the list of schools she is considering down to six but before she narrows the list any further she is planning to take visits to the schools.In a phone interview following the first session at the U.S. Under-18 national training camp Chong said that ... Read More...