WBB Notes - 2.8.22

ANaismith Trophy Midseason Team
Connecticut’s Christyn Williams and DePaul’s Aneesah Morrow were part of the 30-member Naismith Trophy Midseason Team announced on Tuesday. This season, Williams is averaging 14.6 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. She is shooting 45.5 percent from the field and 32.3 from three-point range. Williams has scored in double-digits in 14 of 16 games she's played in this season. The rookie Morrow leads the BIG EAST in scoring (20.6) and rebounding (13.4), with her rebounding clip also No. 1 nationally. She has the most double-doubles in Division I at 20, and is a 10-time BIG EAST Freshman of the Week. The 30-member Midseason Team will be trimmed to 15 on Feb. 16 when the Late-Season Team in unveiled.
 
Williams, Morris Named Drysdale Award Finalists
Two of the 10 finalists for the award recognizing the top shooting guard in the country hail from the BIG EAST as Connecticut’s Christyn Williams and DePaul’s Sonya Morris were recognized on Tuesday. The Basketball Hall of Fame announced the finalists for the Ann Meyers Drysdale award, after a watch list of 20 candidates from November was narrowed to 10 by a national committee of top college basketball personnel. Morris is second on the Blue Demons and third in the BIG EAST with a 17.9 scoring average, while also ranking in the top 10 in the conference in steals and assists. Williams was named to the Naismith Trophy Midseason Team earlier on Tuesday, and is averaging 14.6 points and 3.5 rebounds per game.
 
Fudd Adds National Merit
A day after being named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, Connecticut’s Azzi Fudd earned the national weekly recognition by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. The rookie guard becomes the third BIG EAST player recognized by the USBWA this season after Villanova’s Maddy Siegrist claimed Player of the Week honors on Dec. 12, while DePaul’s Aneesah Morrow is a two-time Freshman of the Week (Dec. 12, Jan. 30). Fudd scored a career-high 25 points to lead the Huskies past then-No. 7 Tennessee, 75-56, on Sunday afternoon. The nation’s top-ranked recruit was playing in just her eighth game this season and was making her first start.
 
Wednesday In The BIG EAST
A trio of BIG EAST women’s basketball games are slated for Wednesday night, all tipping off at 7 p.m. ET. Villanova will take its seven-game winning streak to Hartford, Conn., and face eighth-ranked and first-place Connecticut in a game airing on SNY. Winners of three straight, Seton Hall visits Georgetown, while St. John’s, which has won two of its last three, travels to Butler. SHU-GU and SJU-BU will both stream on the BIG EAST Digital Network presented by SoFi available on FloSports.
 
This Week In The BIG EAST
Wednesday
St. John’s at Butler, 7 p.m.*
Seton Hall at Georgetown, 7 p.m.*
Villanova at UConn, 7 p.m.^
Friday
Marquette at Villanova, 7 p.m.*
Georgetown at St. John’s, 7 p.m.*
Butler at Providence, 7 p.m.*
Xavier at Creighton, 7:30 p.m.*
DePaul at UConn, 7 p.m.^
Sunday
Villanova at Seton Hall, 1 p.m.*
DePaul at Georgetown, 2 p.m.*
Xavier at Providence, Noon#
Butler at Creighton, 2 p.m.*
UConn at Marquette, 2:30 p.m. (FOX)
*FloSports ^-SNY #-FS1 !-FS2 &-CBSSN
BIG EAST games in CAPS
All times Eastern