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Defending DePaul presents a unique challenge for UConn

Perhaps the most intriguing part of tonight's game against DePaul to me is how the UConn coaching staff opts to handle things defensively when Azura' Stevens and Megan Walker are in the game together.

Typically UConn goes to zone immediately once Walker enters the game especially if Stevens is already on the floor because UConn coach Geno Auriemma doesn't have a ton of confidence in the ability of either Stevens or Walker to guard people in man to man defense or woman to woman defense if you prefer.

However, playing a zone against a DePaul team leading all Division I women's basketball teams with an average of 13.