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Wolverines to Head to Mohegan Sun to Take on Top-Ranked UConn
11/19/2025 6:29:00 PM | Women's Basketball
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 6-ranked University of Michigan women's basketball team (4-0) heads to Uncasville, Conn., to participate in the Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Showcase at Mohegan Sun this weekend (Nov. 21-23) for the third time since 2019. First up for Michigan is No. 1-ranked UConn (4-0) on Friday night (Nov. 21) at 8 p.m. on Fox.
Notes
• For the third time since the 2024-25 season opener, Michigan is facing a No. 1 team. U-M began last season against No. 1 South Carolina and also faced No. 1 UCLA during the conference season. Prior to this stretch, Michigan had only faced the top-ranked team once -- a loss to Iowa on Feb. 7, 1988. Michigan has never beaten a No. 1-ranked team but does have a pair of top-five wins, including one at the 2021 Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase against No. 5 Baylor.
• This is the first contest for head coach Kim Barnes Arico against UConn since her St. John's team snapped the Huskies' 99-game home winning streak on Feb. 18, 2012. Michigan and UConn are meeting for the first time.
• Syla Swords will face off against high school teammate Kayleigh Heckel for the third time during their collegiate careers after Heckel played at USC last year. The pair were teammates at Long Island Lutheran during their high school days en route to earning McDonald's All-America honors.
• This is the third time that Michigan is playing in the Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Showcase after playing Florida State in 2019 and Baylor in 2021. U-M is 1-1 in the event, earning the aforementioned win over Baylor in overtime (74-68) on Dec. 19, 2021. It marked the first top-five win for Michigan in program history.
• Michigan vaulted up to No. 6 in this week's Associated Press poll, marking the second-highest ranking in program history. It's the highest ranking for Michigan since coming in at No. 6 on Feb. 21, 2022. With the men's team ranked No. 7, it is also the first time both teams are in the top 10 at the same time.
• Michigan scored 120 points in its last game, the second-most points scored in program history and the most under KBA. The Wolverines have topped the century mark twice and are averaging 99.3 points per game on 55.8 percent shooting from the field. U-M is fifth nationally in scoring offense and third in field-goal percentage.
• In Michigan's two games last season against No. 1-ranked teams, Swords made a splash. In her collegiate debut against No. 1 South Carolina, she turned in 27 points and 12 rebounds. Against UCLA, she went for 30 points, four rebounds and a pair of assists. She is averaging 28.5 points per game against teams ranked No. 1.
• Mila Holloway has elevated her game during her sophomore season, averaging 14.3 points per game on 62.2 percent shooting from the floor. She has handed out 24 assists through four games, good for six per game to rank fourth in the Big Ten. She has scored in double figures in three games, matching a career high with 21 points in the season opener against Canisius (Nov. 4). She is also grabbing four rebounds per game, highlighted by tying a career high with seven against No. 18 Notre Dame (Nov. 15).
• Olivia Olson has not missed a beat after being named the Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Year by the coaches last season, upping her scoring to 17.8 points per game on 53.7 percent shooting from the floor. She has scored in double figures in all four games this season, highlighted by a 20-point, six-rebound performance against No. 18 Notre Dame. She is ninth in the Big Ten in scoring as one of 10 players averaging at least 17 points per game.
• Brooke Quarles Daniels continues to be an integral part of Michigan's rotation, averaging 4.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.8 steals in 21.5 minutes per game. In the first start of her Michigan career in the win over Notre Dame (Nov. 15), she grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds.
• Kendall Dudley, a 2024 McDonald's All-American who joined the program in the offseason after spending her freshman season at UCLA, has fit in well in the Maize and Blue. After appearing in two games off the bench, she earned the first start of her Michigan career against Binghamton (Nov. 18). She responded with six points, six rebounds and two assists in just 11 minutes of action. Appearing in three games, she is averaging five points and 3.7 rebounds per game.
