Connecticut Sun trainer Jeremy Norman is certainly earning even bit of his paycheck.

When the season began, he diligently was working with perennial All-Star forward Asjha Jones who underwent surgery in February to clean up the area around her right Achilles tendon. Jones had to miss the first four games but has scored in double figures in three of the last five games.

At Friday's practice, Norman kept a watchful eye on injured guard Anete Jekabsone-Zogota, who is just 15 days removed from surgery on her right knee. Jekabsone-Zogota had the sutures removed from the knee five days ago and on Friday she was undergoing flexibility exercises and had the occasional short sprint up the court which is adjacent to the one her teammates were practicing on.

Norman said Jekabsone-Zogota is on schedule in her recovery from surgery.

"(It's) two weeks after surgery so we have two more weeks to get her up to speed," Norman said. "The first week, we wanted to work on her swelling and range of motion. That is coming along well. She had her sutures removed at 10 days so maybe she will start progressing. It's been two weeks as of (Thursday) so we've had a couple of days of jogging which is good. We'll keep progressing, barring any sort of setbacks and start getting her on the court shooting against someone and gradually progressing that into 4 on 4 and 5 on 5, full contact, full speed (drills). Hopefully it is soon but we have that time frame kind of established of 2-4 weeks so somewhere between there we shall get her back."

Norman is also keeping tabs on Kara Lawson's ailing right knee which forced her to sit out the second half and overtime in Tuesday's loss to New York. Lawson has been held out of the practices leading up to Saturday's game against Los Angeles with the hope that the rest will allow her to play.

"This just happened to be something that was a little more sort than usual but it is not any different than the problem that she came in that we were kind of dealing with all along," Norman said. "If you happen to get sore the day before a game than you are going to be sore the following day. Timing wise it is kind of tough, if we could predict when she is going to get sore, we'd take that day off."

Both Lawson and Connecticut coach Mike Thibault said they will be taking a wait and see approach in terms of her availability for Saturday's game.

"I am hoping (to return Saturday) just because there is a game," Lawson said. "It gets pretty sore and irritated and it is hard on the hard floor to play basketball, cut and do all those types of things. Hopefully, in the past I have given it a couple of days (off) and it has calmed down so I am hopeful that trend will continue and I will be able to play."

If Lawson can't go, Renee Montgomery will start at point guard with rookie Allison Hightower likely to take over Montgomery's role as the reserve point guard. Thibault had lofty praise for Hightower's work at point guard during practice this week.

"She has done a good job," Thibault said. "She is smart, she gets everything. She has never played point (guard) in her life but she is out there learning. It makes her more valuable over the long haul anyways because she gets some experience at what I think is the hardest position in the league."

DELLE DONNE, DELAWARE COMING TO CONNECTICUT
Elena Delle Donne, the former UConn recruit who lasted just two days on campus in the summer of 2008 before returning home to Delaware, will finally play a game in the state of Connecticut. However, it will not be against UConn at either Gampel Pavilion or the XL Center but versus Yale at Payne Whitney Gymnasium or John J. Lee Amphitheater, if you want to be more specific.

Delle Donne, a rising sophomore at Delaware, and the Blue Hens recently released their non-conference schedule which includes a Nov. 20 game at Yale at 7 p.m. Nov. 20 also happens to be the date of "The Game" between the Yale and Harvard football team. That game is being held in Cambridge, Mass. and will start at noon.