UConn star Paige Bueckers, the projected No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft, left the team's 83-52 win over Villanova on Sunday with a left knee injury after a scary collision. Huskies coach Geno Auriemma was "optimistic" that Bueckers escaped a worst-case scenario, but she will need to undergo imaging before a full diagnosis can be made.

The presumed No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft appeared to injure her left knee when she awkwardly fell while going for a loose ball late in the third quarter of UConn's dominant win.

UConn women's basketball ran past Villanova Sunday, but star Paige Bueckers suffered an apparent left knee injury in the third quarter.