Paige Bueckers to Return From Knee Injury for UConn vs. St. John's

Paige Bueckers will return to the basketball court for the University of Connecticut on Friday.

Alexa Philippou relayed the news.

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BREAKING: UConn announces Paige Bueckers has been cleared to return to game action. <br><br>She’ll suit up Friday when UConn takes on St. John’s

During the Notre Dame game on December 5, Bueckers suffered a knee injury. She had surgery on December 13 and was expected to make a full recovery.

The Bueckers went through pre-game warm ups prior to the win over Marquette.

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Paige Bueckers (who has already been ruled out) going through some warmups pregame pic.twitter.com/5V4Cj4sYjF

It looks like she will be okay when the Red Storm arrives on Friday.

The sophomore averaged 21.2 points in six games this year.

Bueckers first season at the University of Connecticut ended with her winning a number of awards. She was a unanimous first-team All-American. The Final Four was where the Huskies fell to Arizona.

Bueckers is returning to a 20-5 team that is ranked seventh in the Associated Press poll. The five-game winning streak has seen the Huskies out score their opponents by 34.6 points per game.

Bueckers will have the chance to play with a first-year star when she returns. At the beginning of the year, the two played four games together, but Fudd was out for two months with a foot injury.

She has been back for a month and has been shooting the lights out, making 45.5 percent of her three-pointers.

They will look to team up and help lead the team to a national title.

The Big East Tournament starts after the St. John's game on Sunday at home versus Providence.