In the recently-released NCAA Division I statistical database, UConn junior center Tina Charles leads the country in field-goal percentage. Charles has made 42 of 60 shots in UConn's first six games, good for 70 percent.

UConn has players ranked in the top 10 in two other categories through Sunday's games. Caroline Doty and Renee Montgomery are ranked second and eighth with 3-point field goal percentages of 60 and 51.5 percent respectively while Kalana Greene is eighth nationally with a 3/1 assist/turnover ratio. It should be noted that the last UConn player to lead the nation in a statistical category came in the 2001-02 season when Sue Bird hit 94.2 percent of her free throws.

Not surprisingly, UConn is dominating in the offensive team stats. The Huskies lead all Division I teams in scoring offense (95 points per game), scoring margin (39.8), field-goal percentage (58.8), assists (24.5), assist/turnover ratio (1.57) and fewest fouls committed (11.3). It is extremely early as UConn has anywhere from 26-33games left to play but if the Huskies were to maintain their current pace, they would set Division I single-season records in scoring margin and field-goal percentage. Traditionally, stats like scoring margin and field-goal percentage take a beating during the postseason where finding room to operate offensively becomes increasingly more difficult as the level of competition increases.

PENN STATE/UCONN A FUTURE SERIES?
When UConn coach Geno Auriemma took over the program in 1985, he wanted to start a series with Penn State. However, Penn State coach Rene Portland wasn't interested. As a result, the only regular-season games the two Eastern powers played came in tournaments as UConn won 93-84 in the Hawkeye Classic in Iowa City, Iowa on Nov. 25, 1989 and 87-74 in the Elite 4 Classic in Orlando, Fla. on Dec. 5, 1999. As long as Portland was the Penn State coach, it was pretty clear that there was no chance of a regular-season series between the schools. But former Notre Dame assistant coach Coquese Washington is in her second season as the Penn State coach so any of the bad vibes that existed between Portland and Auriemma are irrelevant as far as a potential series between the schools.

UConn doesn't have a ton of room in its non-conference schedule with series against Holy Cross, Hartford, North Carolina and Oklahoma continuing and a series with Stanford starting up next season. The back end of the Georgia Tech home and home will be held in the 2010-11 season to serve as Maya Moore's return to Georgia game. There has been some talk of setting something up with Temple, now coached by former UConn assistant coach Tonya Cardoza, and UConn normally has a couple of games reserved for exempt tournaments like the Caribbean Classic which UConn is playing in later this month in Cancun. So where does Penn State fit? That remains to be seen.

I spoke to Penn State coach Coquese Washington after Penn State's game against Dayton on Saturday and here's what she had to say about playing UConn in the future.

"We haven't discussed it but certainly something I would be happy to visit with those guys, it is a good rivalry, close proximity. hey are one of the standard bearers in terms of success and we would love to get them on the schedule," Washington said.

In Tuesday's edition of the Register there will be more on Washington and the Lady Lions, who will be playing Connecticut on Sunday in the Maggie Dixon Classic.