UCONN WOMEN’S GAMEDAY

Tulsa at No. 4 UConn

When: Sunday, noon

Where: Gampel Pavilion, Storrs

Records: Tulsa 5-12, 0-4 AAC; UConn 15-1, 6-0 AAC TV: SNY/ESPN3

Radio: UConn/IMG Sports Network, 97.9 FM-ESPN Hartford, WAVZ-New Haven (1300 AM), WICC-Bridgeport (600 AM), WINE-Danbury (940 AM), WGCH-Greenwich (1490 AM)

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History lesson: As part of a celebration for the 30th anniversary of the opening of Gampel Pavilion, several members of the 1989-90 team will be recognized at halftime.

That season, UConn went 25-6 and won the Big East regular season championship before losing in the NCAA tournament to Clemson.

After playing next door at Greer Field House, the Huskies moved into Gampel on Jan. 31, 1990. UConn beat Georgetown 76-54, but its not the game itself that coach Geno Auriemma remembers most vividly.

“It was so bright because where we used to play was so dark,” Auriemma recalled Saturday. “It was so bright. The ceiling panels were so white, and everything was so brand new that from the outside, it actually looked like a spaceship had landed in the middle of campus and just sat here. And what I remember is coming out here for the game … the concourse was full of people just leaning over the railing, thinking, ‘What the (heck) is going on here?’ ”

Same person, new attitude: Anna Makurat went home to Poland for Christmas and came back with renewed confidence.

“She’s way better,” Auriemma said. “The period right before Christmas was a real struggle for her because she has this pride that she wants to be a really, really good player. She puts a lot of pressure on herself. When she wasn’t playing well, shooting well, whatever, it really took its toll on her.” In the six games since the holiday break, the freshman guard is averaging 7.0 points and shooting 41 percent off the bench. Against UCF, she matched her career-high with 10 points but also committed six turnovers.

Rough start: Tulsa has lost four straight games and is one of three schools (Memphis, East Carolina) still without a win in American Athletic Conference play. The Golden Hurricane is 0-9 all-time against UConn.

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