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WBB Second Round vs South Dakota State. Photo by Emma Meidinger, Associate Photo Editor\/The Daily Campus.<\/p>\nWBB Second Round vs South Dakota State. Photo by Emma Meidinger, Associate Photo Editor\/The Daily Campus.<\/p>\n
Over winter break, the Unrivaled\u00a0League\u00a0kicked off\u00a0its\u00a0second\u00a0season with several\u00a0UConn alumni. In total,\u00a0six former\u00a0Huskies\u00a0will\u00a0perform in the\u00a02026 campaign. Not to mention,\u00a0the league is\u00a0co-founded by Breanna Stewart and\u00a0Napheesa\u00a0Collier.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In\u00a0this week\u2019s\u00a0rendition\u00a0of Huskies in the Pros, I\u00a0break\u00a0down the performances of former Connecticut players.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Paige Bueckers:\u00a0<\/p>\n
From UConn to the WNBA to Unrivaled basketball, Bueckers continues to\u00a0impress fans with her dominating performances.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Through nine games with the Breeze, the guard\u00a0has yet to drop fewer than 15 points per meeting.\u00a0In the 24-year-old\u2019s most recent matchup with the Rose on\u00a0Sunday, the former Husky posted a season-high 32 points.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Currently,\u00a0the Minnesota native tops the team with\u00a0slightly under 25\u00a0points,\u00a0snags\u00a0just over\u00a0six rebounds and dishes out\u00a0nearly seven\u00a0assists per outing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
From the floor, Bueckers thrives,\u00a0splashing\u00a0a little more than 55% of her shots\u00a0and draining just over 44% from the three-point line.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Next up, the Breeze\u00a0will host the Hive\u00a0on Friday, Feb. 6, on TNT or truTV. Tip-off is scheduled for\u00a07:30 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stewart:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Similar to\u00a0Bueckers, Stewart has crushed the start of the\u00a02026 stretch with the Mist.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So far, the\u00a0forward has registered the second-most points\u00a0for the squad with about 19.5 points per match. Not to mention, the veteran\u00a0leads the team with\u00a0just over nine boards and\u00a0completes 2.5 assists per clash.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Within eight bouts,\u00a0the former Husky shoots\u00a0just over 49%\u00a0from the field but only buries 25% of her buckets from downtown.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As of\u00a0now, the Mist faced the Laces\u00a0on the road\u00a0last night and will return home to battle the Phantom\u00a0on\u00a0Saturday,\u00a0Feb.\u00a07, on truTV. Tip-off is scheduled for\u00a08:45 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Aaliyah Edwards:\u00a0<\/p>\n
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WBB vs. Villanova. Photo by Sofia Sawchuk, Grab Photographer\/The Daily Campus.<\/p>\n
After experiencing an uneasy\u00a02025 WNBA run and getting traded from the Washington Mystics to the Connecticut Sun, Edwards will now become a Lunar Owl\u00a0with Collier.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Through\u00a0seven\u00a0contests with the Lunar Owls,\u00a0the forward\u00a0averages almost\u00a021.5 points, 13 rebounds and two assists per game.\u00a0Additionally, the\u00a0Canadian native\u00a0has recorded six double-doubles.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The former Husky excels in the paint, banking about 57% of her shots and\u00a0nailing 50% of\u00a0tries\u00a0from\u00a0long\u00a0range.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Injury-wise, Edwards\u00a0is healthy but\u00a0did not\u00a0participate\u00a0in the Owls\u2019 last two showdowns.\u00a0During this time,\u00a0the 23-year-old returned to UConn to\u00a0be inducted into the\u00a0Huskies of Honor\u00a0on Jan. 28.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Next up,\u00a0the Lunar Owls will take on the Laces on Feb. 6, on TNT or truTV. Tip-off is scheduled for\u00a08:45 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Azur\u00e0\u00a0Stevens:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Within the\u00a0previous\u00a0four\u00a0meetings with the Rose, Stevens has\u00a0struggled to return to double-digit figures.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In\u00a0her\u00a0first four performances, the forward contributed\u00a0slightly over 15.3 points per outing.\u00a0In contrast\u00a0to her four recent\u00a0showings, the former Husky accumulated\u00a04.5 points per match.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So far in eight games, the\u00a030-year-old tallies\u00a0nearly\u00a010\u00a0points, a little more than\u00a0six rebounds and 1.5 assists per\u00a0faceoff.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Currently, Stevens cashes in\u00a039% of field goals and swishes almost 30% of shots from beyond the arc.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Next up, the\u00a0Rose will\u00a0fight with the Vinyl on Saturday, Feb.\u00a07,\u00a0on truTV. Tip-off is scheduled for\u00a07:30 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tiffany Hayes:\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the Phantom\u2019s last\u00a0three clashes, Hayes caught fire and finished the night with\u00a0at least 12 points in every matchup.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Within eight games played, the veteran has\u00a0posted slightly under 12.5 points,\u00a0just under 3.5 boards and a little less than\u00a0three assists per battle.\u00a0<\/p>\n
From inside the perimeter, the\u00a036-year-old sinks\u00a0almost 46% of her shots and makes just over 35% of three-pointers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Next up, the Phantom\u00a0will visit the Mist on Saturday, Feb. 7, on truTV. Tip-off is scheduled for 8:45 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Katie Lou Samuelson:\u00a0<\/p>\n
After suffering a season-ending\u00a0torn ACL during a\u00a0Los Angeles\u00a0Sparks\u2019\u00a0practice in May, Lou Samuelson\u00a0forfeited\u00a0her 2025-2026 WNBA and Unrivaled\u00a0seasons to recover.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Collier:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Similar to\u00a0Lou Samuelson, Collier underwent\u00a0surgery on both of her ankles\u00a0in\u00a0January, forcing her to the sidelines for four\u00a0to\u00a0six months.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WBB Second Round vs South Dakota State. Photo by Emma Meidinger, Associate Photo Editor\/The Daily Campus. Over winter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-446565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}