Katie Lou, Gabby back at practice

Injured stars Samuelson, Williams both hope to play Friday

STORRS — While it’s too early to tell, there’s a decent chance that All-Americans Katie Lou Samuelson and Gabby Williams will both be back in the lineup when the UConn women’s basketball team visits DePaul on Friday night.

Williams didn’t play at all in the second half of Sunday’s win over Notre Dame because of migraine headaches while a sprained ankle forced Samuelson to miss all but one second of the fourth quarter.

Samuelson took part in the early portion of Wednesday’s practice while Williams took part in drills for the entire practice.

“Hopefully, she (Samuelson) can do a couple more (drills) tomorrow, we will see on Friday and we will go from there,” UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. “She just twisted it, but the only problem is that is happened to be the same place that she hurt her foot so you have a sprained foot and you have a sprained ankle on top of it. It is not ideal.

“(Williams) practiced most of practice today and she looked good. Tomorrow and Friday we will see how it goes.”

Williams said she didn’t want to answer questions about the migraine headaches, which affected her earlier in the season, but said the UConn coaches and medical staff are working to keep her from missing more time during games.

Williams was more than happy to discuss how her

Jessica Hill / Associated Press UConn’s Katie Lou Samuelson reacts after making a basket during the first half against Notre Dame on Sunday in Hartford, Conn.