Former UConn center Kelly Schumacher has been signed by the Detroit Shock.

Schumacher will replace All-Star Cheryl Ford, who suffered a season-ending knee injury on Tuesday.

Schumacher, who played 34 games for the 2007 WNBA champion Phoenix, has also played for Indiana and New York in seven seasons in the WNBA.

Schumacher, a member of UConn's 2000 national championship team, was taken in the first round of the 2001 WNBA draft by Indiana. Schumacher is averaging 5.1 points and 3.1 rebounds in 214 career games.


In other news, UConn commit Kelly Faris had five points, three rebounds and two assists as the U.S. improved to 4-0 with a 96-51 win over Brazil Satrurday in the FIBA U18 Championship for Women in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The victory clinched the gold medal for the U.S. Canada could match the U.S. with a win on Sunday against Venezuela and a U.S. loss to Argentina but the United States would win the gold medal based on the win over Canada on Thursday.

Kelsey Bone (8 points, 6 rebounds) and Skylar Diggins (13 points, six rebounds, three assists), UConn's leading recruiting targets, also had strong games while Stanford signees Nneka Ogwumike and Sarah Boothe added 13 and 12 points respectively.