Kerry Bascom is a retired American women 's basketball player . She played forward and center for the Connecticut Huskies ( UConn ) from 1987 to 1991 , scoring 2,177 points , a school record until broken in 1998 by Nykesha Sales . She helped lead the Connecticut team to its first ever Big East regular season championship ( 1989 ) , first Big East Tournament championship ( 1989 ) , first NCAA tournament appearance ( 1989 ) , first NCAA Tournament win ( 1990 ) , and the first ever NCAA Final Four appearance ( 1991 ) . Bascom is the first UConn player to be named to a national All America team . She would go on to play for the gold medal winning World University Game Team in 1991
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