Anyone who only checked the box score of the UConn women’s basketball team’s 85-31 rout of Loyola Chicago on Wednesday night might believe the Huskies played their best game of the 2025-26 season so far.

But in the aftermath of a dominant defensive performance where UConn forced 36 turnovers and held the Ramblers to 22.7% shooting from the field, coach Geno Auriemma wasn’t thrilled with his team’s execution on the other side of the ball.

“I thought it was sloppy,” Auriemma said after the victory at Gampel Pavilion. “Everybody’s in a hurry to score, everybody’s in a hurry to make a crazy pass. Everybody’s rushing around, and nothing looks good … And it’s hard to play with that kind of intensity on defense, with that kind of energy and trying to force as many turnovers as we can, and t

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