Jana El Alfy, UConn women’s basketball 6-foot-5 redshirt junior center, was named Friday to the watch list for the Lisa Leslie Award. The award, sponsored by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and the WBCA, recognizes the country’s top Division I center. Twenty players were named to the watch list. Leslie was a three-time All-American at USC and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2015. El ...

The time sneaks up on everyone, but sooner or later the wide-eyed newcomer, amazed by everything, confused or reticent to speak at times, becomes a senior. In Jana El Alfy’s case, she has become THE senior member of the UConn women’s basketball team, the longest-tenured Husky. How does it feel? “It feels weird,” she said. El Alfy, who came to Connecticut from Egypt, enrolled at UConn in ...

The UConn Huskies are seemingly on a roll, putting up an undefeated streak (17-0) and showing no signs of slowing down. Their latest victim was Creighton (95-54), who also couldn’t put up much resistance as Sarah Strong and Co.