Is Paige Bueckers playing tonight? Exploring UConn star's availability vs Oregon State (Nov 25)

Paige Bueckers has a healthy status going into Monday's game against the Oregon State Beavers. She has played in all four of No. 2 UConn's games. The confirmation of her taking part in the matchup will be known before the 7:30 p.m. ET tip-off.

Paige Bueckers remains the center of the UConn offense this season

Paige Bueckers maintains her standing as the star player on the UConn women's basketball team.

Bueckers is averaging 20.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.8 steals on 60.4% shooting, including 42.1% from beyond the arc. In her last game, she had 16 points, nine rebounds, five assists and two steals on 6-of-13 shooting to lead the Huskies to an 85-41 rout against FDU on Nov. 20.

She is coming off a 2023-24 season where she averaged 21.8 points, 5.3 rebounds, four assists, 2.2 steals and 1.5 blocks on 53.6% shooting, including 40.3% from downtown. She led the Huskies to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament before losing 71-69 to Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Her performances have led UConn to get off to a 4-0 start this season. The Huskies are putting up 81.5 points on offense while conceding just 45.0 points on defense. They are shooting 51.7% from the field and 32.7% from the 3-point line, in contrast to their opponents going 33.8% overall and 29.4% from three-point land.

Aside from Bueckers, Sarah Strong is the only other Husky averaging double-digits in points per game with 16.0 points while leading in rebounds with 8.0. After that, four players score seven or more points per contest with Kaitlyn Chen, Ashlynn Shade, Ice Brady and Jana El Alfy contributing to UConn's offense.

After the game against the Beavers, Paige Bueckers and No. 2 UConn will come back home to host Holy Cross at the Harry Gampel Pavilion on Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. ET.