Late in the 2021-22 season, the UConn women’s basketball program reached one of its lowest point in modern history. And Maddy Siegrist was there to twist the knife.
The star Villanova forward dominated an ultra-thin Huskies front-court with 17 points and a game-high 12 rebounds to secure a stunning 72-69 upset win for the Wildcats. For just the second time in nearly three decades, UConn had both lost a Big East game against unranked opposition and racked up five losses before Valentine’s Day.
These days, she shares the Dallas Wings locker room with Azzi Fudd, one of just six members of UConn’s injury-laden roster fit to play against Villanova. The UConn great joked Saturday that she’s slowly working to reconcile years of Big East animosity toward Siegrist…