Nika Mühl: Difference between revisions

With [[Paige Bueckers]] out for the season, Mühl became [[UConn Huskies women's basketball|UConn’s]] most important player.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Daniel Connolly |title=UConn WBB Weekly: With Paige Bueckers out, Nika Mühl is now UConn's most important player |url=https://www.theuconnblog.com/2022/8/18/23309634/uconn-wbb-weekly-with-paige-bueckers-out-for-season-nika-muhl-is-now-uconns-most-important-player |access-date=23 December 2022 |work=theuconnblog.com |publisher=[[SB Nation]] |date=18 August 2022}}</ref> Mühl took on the role of leader on both the defensive and offensive end. On November 20, 2022 she set the [[UConn Huskies women's basketball statistical leaders|program record]] for most assists in a single game with 15 against [[NC State Wolfpack women's basketball|NC State]], a record held previously by teammate [[Paige Bueckers]].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Mike Anthony |title=Why UConn women's basketball guard Nika Mühl had record-setting game with 'subtle' performance |url=https://www.ctinsider.com/sports/uconn-womens-basketball/article/Nika-Muhl-UConn-women-s-basketball-record-17599231.php |access-date=23 December 2022 |work=CT Insider |date=21 November 2022}}</ref> She also has led the nation in assists per game for most of the 2022-2023 season, only finishing behind [[Caitlin Clark]] by 0.2 assists. In the final regular-season game against Xavier, Mühl recorded seven assists to bring her season total to 236, five more than the single-season school record set by [[Sue Bird]] in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Inquirer |first=Carl Adamec / Journal |title=UConn women's notebook: Mühl gets assist to break Bird's record |url=https://www.journalinquirer.com/sports/college/uconn_womens_basketball/uconn-womens-notebook-m-hl-gets-assist-to-break-birds-record/article_5f9b34ac-b773-11ed-a06b-1ffe97c6e2e9.html |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=Journal Inquirer |language=en}}</ref> Starting throughout UConn's three games in the Big East Tournament and three more in the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament, Mühl finished the season with 284 assists.<ref name="03242023Riley">{{cite news |last1=Riley |first1=Lori |title=Complex relationship: As Nika Muhl drives UConn women forward, she sometimes drives coach Geno Auriemma crazy |url=https://www.courant.com/2023/03/24/complex-relationship-as-nika-muhl-drives-uconn-women-forward-she-sometimes-drives-coach-geno-auriemma-crazy/ |access-date=April 8, 2023 |work=Hartford Courant |date=March 24, 2023}}</ref>