Azzi Fudd injury update: UConn star has ‘a chance’ to play on Saturday vs. USC [Video]

UConn head coach Geno Auriemma said there’s “a chance” that guard Azzi Fudd could return to the lineup on Saturday night for the No. 4 Huskies’ primetime showdown against No. 7 USC. Fudd has been sidelined since Dec. 7 with a minor knee sprain. 

Here are Auriemma’s full comments on Fudd’s status from his press conference on Friday:

“I think the word is … questionable? Probable? Doubtful? I think the word is doable,” Auriemma said. “It can happen. I’m saying there’s a chance. In my best Jim Carrey. I’m saying there’s a chance. Yeah, yeah. I know she wants to play.”

Fudd sprained her knee while trying to fight through a screen during UConn’s 33-point win over Louisville in the Women’s Champions Classic at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. After briefly staying in the game, and even hitting a 3-pointer, she went to the locker room and …