STORRS — After months of uncertainty regarding the redshirt junior’s injury status; ice brady and second year student morgan celliUW women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma said Wednesday he is not confident either will play again in 2025-26.
Brady appeared in the first two games of the season, averaging 2.5 points and 3.0 rebounds in 11.5 minutes, but was withdrawn from the game with inflammation in his right knee before the Nov. 12 game against Loyola-Chicago. Auriemma initially said his condition was routine, but the 6-foot-3 forward has not played in a game since then and did not travel with the team on recent trips to Providence on Dec. 31 and Creighton on Jan. 11.
By the midway point of the season, she had played in less than 30% of the Huskies’ games, so Brady should be subject to a medical redshirt if she doesn’t return to the court by the end of the year. She previously redshirted her true freshman season in 2022-23 before I have dislocated the patella of my right knee. — the same knee that is causing her current problems.
Ceri underwent surgery for an ankle injury in February 2025, prematurely ending his freshman year and has yet to play in a game this season. Auriemma said on Dec. 6 that he had not had any conversations with Celli about redshirt options and expected the sophomore guard to be available sometime in the new year. On Dec. 27, he said Ceri was “making some progress,” but as of Wednesday he said he would be a “pleasant surprise” if either Ceri or Brady were on the court for the remainder of the season.
UW plans to field at least 12 players for Thursday’s game against Villanova at Gampel Pavilion, with the number potentially rising to 13 after redshirt sophomore Jana El Alfi returns from a concussion sustained during practice on Jan. 6. Auriemma said Wednesday that the 6-5 center returned to training this week and is “very close” to returning to the court in the next few days.
Aaliyah Edwards’ ceremony postponed Aaliyah Edwards won her position in huskies of honor Although he was named a WBCA and Wooden Award All-American as a senior in 2024, the star forward’s name has not yet been officially inscribed on the walls of Gampel Pavilion.
Edwards was scheduled to be officially inducted prior to UW’s game against Notre Dame on Monday, but the ceremony had to be rescheduled due to a conflict with his girlfriend. unparalleled Match schedule. A team spokesperson announced Wednesday that she will join the Huskies of Honor before their Big East game against Xavier on Jan. 28 in Storrs.
Edwards was a two-time first-team All-Big East selection and was the Most Outstanding Player of the 2023 Big East Tournament, leading the Huskies to four straight conference titles. She also helped lead UConn to three Final Four appearances and graduated among the top 10 in program history in rebounds (1,020) and double-doubles (35). She is one of only six Huskies players in history to have at least 1,800 career points and 1,000 rebounds.
Edwards was selected sixth overall in the 2024 WNBA Draft and traded to the Connecticut Sun in 2025. She is also in the midst of her second season in Unrivaled, a 3-on-3 league founded by fellow college greats Napheesa Collier and Brianna Stewart. Edwards is currently averaging a double-double with the Lunar Owls, averaging 24.7 points and 12 rebounds per game.
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