St. John's vs. UConn Women: How to watch, TV channel, streaming, start time, predicted lineups and stats

The No. 3 UConn Huskies (28-3, 18-0 Big East) begin their Big East Tournament campaign on Saturday thanks to their first-round bye, and they face a St. John's Red Storm (15-14, 5-13 Big East) team that earned this quarterfinal matchup thanks to a win over Butler on Friday.

These teams met twice in the regular season, with UConn winning both contests. The first was a 71-45 Huskies road win in mid-January, and the second was a 78-40 UConn home victory in February.

How to watch St. John's vs. UConn, TV channel and streaming

St. John's vs. UConn will be broadcast on FOX Sports 1, available via cable TV and live TV streaming apps such as YouTubeTV or FuboTV.

St. John's vs. UConn start time, date and venue

St. John's vs. UConn is scheduled to tip off at 12 PM ET/11 AM CT on Saturday, March 8th from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.

St. John's vs. UConn predicted lineups

St. John's: Ber'Nyah Mayo, Lashae Dwyer, Skye Owen, Jailah Donald, Kylie Lavelle

UConn: Kaitlyn Chen, Azzi Fudd, Paige Bueckers, Sarah Strong, Jana El Alfy

St. John's vs. UConn stats

• Out of 362 Division I Women's Basketball teams, the UConn Huskies are ranked first in offensive rating (117.8) and second in defensive rating (75.5).
• The St. John's Red Storm is 146th in ORtg (94.0) and 102nd in DRtg (86.9).
• Huskies star guard Paige Bueckers averages 18.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, a Big East-high 5.0 assists to 1.3 turnovers, and 2.1 steals while shooting 40.8 percent from three on 4.3 attempts per game.
• Red Storm leading scorer Lashae Dwyer averages 13.6 points, 4.2 rebounds, 2.3 assists and a Big East-high 3.0 steals while shooting 42.4 percent from the field.
• UConn sharpshooting guard Azzi Fudd averages 12.8 points, 2.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.0 steal while shooting a conference-best 45.2 percent from three on 5.0 attempts per game.
• St. John's guard Skye Owen averages 7.7 points, 2.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.1 steals while shooting a team-high 40.5 percent from three-point range on 2.6 attempts per game.

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