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UConn's Bueckers out 6-8 weeks with leg injury

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Dec 5, 2021; Storrs, Connecticut, USA; UConn Huskies guard Paige Bueckers (5) grimaces on her way to the ground down court in pain in the second half against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion
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Storrs, Conn. (WTIC Radio) - One of the stars of the UConn women's basketball team will be out up to two months with a leg fracture.

Sophomore guard Paige Bueckers was injured in the Huskies win over Notre Dame Sunday.


Doctors say the 20-year-old has a "tibial plateau fracture", which is a break in the upper part of the shinbone.

Bueckers sustained the non-contact injury in the waning minutes of the game on Sunday.

She is expected to be out between 6-and-8 weeks.

Bueckers currently leads UConn in scoring with a 21.2 points-per-game average.

She also averages 6.2 assists and 5.5 rebounds.

Coach Geno Auriemma said "everyone involved with this program will be there to support Paige through her healing process".