Caroline Doty scored a season-high 17 points in 29 minutes in Saturday’s win over Richmond in the WBCA Classic. She had nine points and a career-high nine assists in 28 minutes against Hofstra Friday. Playing in her third game in as many days today, Geno Auriemma gave her a rest.
Doty, who continues to work her way back from a torn ACL suffered last January, played just 10 minutes in an 87-48 win over Clemson as UConn clinched its 13th straight in-season tournament championship. She did not play the final 8:53 of the first half and ultimately sat out the final 18:11 of the game after starting the second half.
“She’s sick, just like everybody else,’’ Auriemma said. “She’s coughing and hacking. Plus three games in three days is a lot for her right now at this stage. So I thought it would be a perfect time to give her a rest. I’m usually not the kind of guy that’s going to bench somebody that played as well as she did (Saturday). There wasn’t enough time for her to (tick) me off between (Saturday’s) game and today’s game.’’
Doty is averaging 10.3 points and a team-high 5.0 assists in 25.0 minutes through the first six games.
Mike Carson, a 19 year old UConn student from Naugatuck, won $1,000 by making a layup, a foul shot, a 3-pointer and a half-court shot in 30 seconds during a time-out in the first half. He badly missed his first three free throws before making it and then going on to hit the 3-pointer and the halfcourt shot on the first attempt.
UConn recruit Betnijah Laney, a 6-foot junior wing from Smyrna High in Delaware, was in attendance today.
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