STORRS — Sarah Strong scored a career-high 39 points and grabbed 10 rebounds Sunday as No. 2 UConn beat No. 10 Iowa 91–79 at Gampel Pavilion.
Strong made five 3-pointers, and Blanca Quiñonez matched her career high with 21 points. UConn led 52–37 at halftime and carried a 21-point lead into the fourth quarter before Iowa outscored the Huskies 28–19 in the final period, according to UConn Athletics.
The Huskies improved to 2–1. They visit No. 18 Ohio State on Thursday, November 12, at 6:30 p.m. on FS1, then play at No. 7 Louisville on Sunday, November 15, at 5:30 p.m. on ESPN.
Before tipoff, UConn inducted former guard Azzi Fudd into its Huskies of Honor.
Updated November 9: The Big East named Strong its Player of the Week and Jovana Popovic its Freshman of the Week. Strong averaged 23.7 points over UConn’s first three games and picked up her 11th career Big East weekly player honor. Popovic averaged 18 points over the same stretch, including 25 against Michigan, and had six assists against Iowa.