UNCASVILLE, CT -- Geno Auriemma had a simple solution to UConn women’s basketball’s problem of not having Katie Lou Samuelson for the AAC Tournament.
“If [Napheesa Collier] can shut down everyone she guards and she can get 40 every night, we won’t miss a beat,” Auriemma joked ahead of the opener against ECU.
Auriemma didn’t get 40 points from Collier in the first game. Instead, he had to settle for 37 from his senior star that is peaking at exactly the right time.
Collier followed up a spectacular regular season in which she averaged 20.8 points, 10.