Breanna Stewart Has One Wish For Paige Bueckers, UConn Ahead Of 2024 Season

Paige Bueckers will enter her final year with the UConn Huskies in the 2023–24 season. Her college career is highlighted by her National Player of the Year award in the 2020–21 season, her freshman year. But with the highs also come the lows.

In 2022, Bueckers had to redshirt due to an ACL tear she suffered in an offseason pickup game before the season began. The following year, UConn suffered another devastating loss when Azzi Fudd also tore her ACL, keeping her out the entire season.

When New York Liberty and former UConn forward Breanna Stewart discussed the two Connecticut stars with Flau'jae Johnson on the ' Best of Both Worlds ' podcast, she revealed her hopes that UConn can stay healthy

"Paige, Azzi. Excited to see how they're going to handle this year because they dealt with tons of injuries. Hoping that they can just be healthy and get back to playing basketball," Stewart said.

Despite Fudd's injury, Bueckers led the Huskies to a Final Four birth in 2023–24, where they fell to Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes. In the prior year, with Bueckers out, Fudd averaged 15.1 points, 1.9 rebounds, and 1.9 assists.

The only season the two played together was 2021–22, but Bueckers was sidelined for a good portion of that season with a tibial plateau fracture. It will be exciting to watch the two players together once again.

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