BIG EAST WBB Minute: DePaul and St. John’s Record Wins; No. 4 UConn Heads to No. 17 Ohio State Thursday Night - Big East Conference

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BIG EAST WBB Minute: DePaul and St. John’s Record Wins; No. 4 UConn Heads to No. 17 Ohio State Thursday Night

Wednesday, Nov. 11
at St. John’s 73, Quinnipiac 52 
Box Score | Highlights
* Ny’Ceara Pryor recorded 16 points and 11 assists for her first double-double in a SJU uniform as she led the team to its third straight win of the season. 
* Pryor became the first player at St. John’s to earn a points-assists double-double since 2020 by Tiana England.
* Olivia Tucker scored a game-high 19 points off the bench, on 3-for-5 shooting from 3-point range, while Brooke Moore added 14 points in the win.
* St. John’s held Quinnipiac to just nine points in the first quarter. The Red Storm went on an early 7-0 run in the final frame to increase their lead to 62-40.

at DePaul 85, Northern Illinois 65
Box Score | Highlights
* Kate Clarke led the Blue Demons with 20 points, nine rebounds and three blocks as DePaul improved to 4-0 – its best start since 2016-17.
* Zoey Ward recorded her third straight double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds.
* Louis Volker added 15 points and six rebounds, followed by Mikaia Litza with 12 points, six assists and three steals. 

at George Washington 78, Georgetown 74 
Box Score | Highlights
* Georgetown had a trio of double-digit scorers: Amanda Ajobiewe (18), Brianna Byars (11) and Stella Lockhart (11) 
* Byars added a team-high 10 rebounds for a double-double. 
* Johnea Donahue added eight points, eight assists and seven rebounds for the Hoyas.
* Trailing by seven with a minute remaining in the third quarter, the Hoyas climbed within one after a jumper by Ajobiewe with 6:48 left in the fourth (68-67). 

Creighton 49 at South Dakota 54
Box Score | Highlights
* Neleigh Gessert paced Creighton with 12 points. Ava Zediker and Mya Moore both scored 10 points. 
* The Bluejays headed into halftime only down by one (20-19) off an 11-1 scoring run.
* Creighton forced 29 South Dakota turnovers.

Bryant 53 at Providence 47
Box Score | Highlights
* Orlagh Gormley finished with 15 points, six rebounds, five steals and two assists.
* Kylah Silver chipped in 12 points on 4-for-7 shooting. 
* The game was tied four times, while PC’s lone lead of the game was in the fourth quarter (45-44).

No. 4 UConn Travels to No. 17 Ohio State
No. 4 UConn travels to Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Nov. 12, for a 6:30 p.m. ET matchup against No. 17 Ohio State on FS1. The Huskies enter at 2-1 after opening the season with wins over Cornell and then-No. 10 Iowa, with their lone loss coming at then-No. 5 Michigan. Junior forward Sarah Strong leads UConn, averaging 23.7 points and 7.3 rebounds per game after earning BIG EAST Player of the Week honors with a career-high 39-point performance against Iowa. Freshman Jovana Popovic has also made an immediate impact, averaging 18.0 points per game and earning BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honors. Ohio State enters undefeated at 3-0, most recently defeating Mercyhurst, 91-57, behind six players in double figures. UConn holds a 7-1 edge in the all-time series, including a 100-68 victory in last season's meeting.

This Week’s BIG EAST WBB Schedule
Thursday, Nov. 12

#4 UConn at #17 Ohio State, 6:30 p.m. Stats | FS1
Merrimack at Villanova, 7 p.m. Stats | ESPN+
rv Fairfield at Seton Hall, 7 p.m. Stats | ESPN+
North Dakota State at Butler, 7 p.m. Stats | ESPN+

Friday, Nov. 13
Marquette at Missouri State, 7:30 p.m. Stats | ESPN+

Saturday, Nov. 14
Providence at Boston College, Noon Stats | ACCNx
DePaul at #13 Notre Dame, 1 p.m. Stats | NBC
Rhode Island at St. John’s, 2 p.m. Stats | ESPN+

Sunday, Nov. 15
NC State at Seton Hall, 1 p.m. Stats | ESPN+
Howard at Georgetown, 2 p.m. Stats | ESPN+
Villanova at rv Fairfield, 2 p.m. Stats | ESPN+
Butler at UT Martin, 3 p.m. ESPN+
Creighton at Northern Iowa, 3 p.m. Stats | ESPN+
Butler at UT Martin, 3 p.m. ESPN+
#4 UConn at #7 Louisville, 5:30 p.m. Stats | ESPN