UConn women’s basketball beginning summer workouts shorthanded

UConn women’s basketball is only one week into its summer workouts, but the team is already short on players. On Thursday, Geno Auriemma said only five players can participate every day at the moment: Paige Bueckers, Aaliyah Edwards, Lou Lopez Sénéchal, Nika Mühl and Ayanna Patterson. Amari DeBerry sometimes joins that group, but not always.

“Amari comes and goes,” Auriemma said. “Some days she’s good to go, other days she’s not. So we have five and a half, I guess you could say.”

The number only reached five recently, too. Mühl had been dealing with a non-COVID, non-flu illness and only just got cleared to return. The only surprise non-participant is Azzi Fudd (foot), though it sounds like…