No. 3 UConn women avoid 1st 2-game skid since '93, top UCLA

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Coming off a humbling loss without injured star Paige Bueckers, UConn coach Geno Auriemma hoped his team would learn a lesson. The third-ranked Huskies struggled again minus Bueckers, but managed to avoid back-to-back losses for the first time since 1993, holding off UCLA 71-61 Saturday. On Thursday, in their first game without her, the Huskies fell to unranked Georgia Tech and were held to a season-low 44 points. “That particular loss the other night probably told a lot of players that you’re not good enough right now with the way you’re playing basketball and told our team that you’re not playing as a team,” Auriemma said.

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