On Friday, UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma was asked if freshman Sarah Strong might get nervous about playing in her first NCAA Tournament game. Absolutely not, Auriemma said. She had looked out of sorts maybe once,

As was expected, the No. 2 seed UConn Huskies women's basketball team dominated in their first-round matchup of the 2025 NCAA Tournament, decimating the No. 15-seeded Arkansas State Red Wolves by a score of 103-34.

Sarah Strong becomes UConn women's basketball's all-time freshman rebounder and is in the top 5 of four other first-year statistical categories for the Huskies.