She does not command the spotlight, or the floor, like Paige Bueckers. She is not, like Azzi Fudd, a cornerstone of UConn’s future.
But if the Huskies win their 12th national championship on Sunday night, Christyn Williams will have been a big reason — in part because she’s one of the biggest reasons her team is playing in Minneapolis.
Across 135 minutes in UConn’s first five tournament games, the senior guard from Little Rock, Ark., has averaged 14.2 points and 4.2 rebounds. Although she struggled early in Friday’s game against Stanford, a 3-pointer later proved electrifying, and she gave the Huskies offense an early foothold in Monday’s game against top-seeded North Carolina State in a game that ultimately went to double overtime.