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UNCASVILLE — UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma has spent years picking on Azzi Fudd for her rebounding, constantly challenging the star sharpshooter to do more just than knock down 3-pointers.

But after Fudd put up 24 points and a career-high eight boards in a win over Utah on Sunday, even the impossible-to-please head coach couldn’t find a single thing to complain about.

“Today was one of the most aggressive halves that I’ve seen her have,” Auriemma said. “There are times when she puts the ball on the on the floor and she’s thinking, ‘Maybe I’m gonna pass,’ and I never got that feeling today … She did rebound, and her defense today was really good. When you get to be a senior and you get to be all that, like everybody says s

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