UCONN VS. DUKE

Location: Times Union Center, Albany, N.Y. Tip: 2 p.m. (ESPN) Records: Duke 24-8 overall; UConn 34-0.

Last game: Duke beat Georgia 66-40 in the second round of the NCAA tournament Monday; UConn beat Quinnipiac 71-46 in the second round of the NCAA tournament Monday.

Probable starters: Duke, 6-2 So. F Leaonna Odom (9.3 ppg, 6.2 rpg), 6-4 Sr. F/C Erin Mathias (8.7 ppg, 5.8 rpg), 6-1 Jr. G/F Faith Suggs (2.3 ppg), 6-1 redshirt Sr. G Rebecca Greenwell (14.2 ppg, 6.5 rpg), 5-9 redshirt Sr. G Lexie Brown (19.7 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 4.4 apg, 3.6 spg).

UConn, 5-5 So. G Crystal Dangerfield (9.3 ppg, 4.0 apg), 6-0 Sr. G Kia Nurse (13.8 ppg), 6-3 Jr. G/F Katie Lou Samuelson (17.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg), 5-11 Sr. F Gabby Williams (10.7 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 5.2 apg, 2.5 spg), 6-1 Jr. G/F Napheesa Collier (15.9 ppg, 7.4 rpg).

Noteworthy: Duke certainly has an experienced backcourt. Starting guards Brown and Greenwell are both fifth-year seniors. Brown began her career at Maryland before leaving for Duke, while Greenwell missed her freshman year due to a knee injury. “There’s no substitute for experience,” UConn coach Geno Auriemma said of getting ready to face the duo. “I mean, obviously talent, but the fact that they’ve played a lot of basketball, they’ve been in a lot of different circumstances. … There’s nothing easy about what’s in store for our guards tomorrow.” Brown and Greenwell are the third-highest scoring guard tandem remaining in the NCAA tournament with an average of 33.9 points per game. Brown, a first team All-ACC pick, is the only active player in NCAA Division I with 2,000 points, 500 assists, 250 3-pointers and 300 steals. She also helps spearhead a Duke defense which allows just 55.8 points per game and an opposing field goal percentage of .351. Brown was named ACC Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight season and, with seven steals in the NCAA second round, broke former All-American Alana Beard’s single-season record of 114. “They’re a great tag team,” UConn’s Dangerfield said of opposing Brown and Greenwell. “They look for each other offensively. Obviously, they’re going to be the focus and we need to limit them as much as possible.” … The winner of this game will advance to the Albany Regional final Monday night, where it will face either No. 2 South Carolina — the defending national champion — or No. 11 Buffalo. Those two teams meet at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in the first game of a doubleheader. … UConn is 11-3 all-time against Duke, including wins in the last eight meetings. The last time the teams met, Dec. 29, 2014, at the XL Center, UConn won 83-52. … Duke is one of only two schools to feature both their men’s and women’s basketball teams in the Sweet 16, joining Texas A&M.