Women’s Basketball: Five takeaways from No. 4 UConn’s 87-55 win over No. 17 Ohio State

Geno Auriemma momentarily let a smile slip as Kelis Fisher drained the first 3-pointer of her young career in front of the UConn bench Thursday. It was the first time the grizzled head coach had smiled all night on the sidelines of No. 4 UConn’s game against No. 17 Ohio State. To Auriemma’s credit, there wasn’t much to smile about in the first half; with Sarah Strong off the floor, Connecticut was struggling to stay afloat against the opportunistic Buckeyes, who cut UConn’s opening-frame 13-point lead down to one possession. But Strong would return, emphatically, and will UConn (3-1) to an 87-55 win over Ohio State (3-1) to give the Huskies their second consecutive ranked win over a Big 10 team. A fast start was exactly what UConn needed UConn bolted out to a 10-2 lead in the first four minutes and got eight combined points from Ashlynn Shade and Jana El Alfy before Ohio State burnt its first timeout.

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