Led by junior forward Bria Holmes, who is being recruited by UConn, Hillhouse will be playing the host school in the Murry Bergtraum Classic on Thursday at 3 p.m.

Hillhouse won't be going into the game on a high note having lost to city rival Career 55-47 in the Vanguard Classic in New Haven on Tuesday as Holmes was held to 10 points.

Murry Bergtraum, the alma mater of Epiphanny Prince, Shannon Bobbitt and current Syracuse star Erica Morrow, is led by senior guard Cori Coleman and is ranked eighth in the USA Today national poll. Murry Bergtraum's biggest test could come on Jan. 14 against Mater Dei in Santa Ana, Calif in the HoopHall Classic in Springfield, Mass. Mater Dei is led by UConn signee Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis. The game will start at 6 p.m.

On the subject of recruiting, UConn has a commitment from Morgan Tuck, a 6-2 forward from Bolingbrook (Ill.) High and is pursuing pretty much the same cast of characters it had its eyes on over the summer.

Forward/center Breanna Stewart and guard Moriah Jefferson are at the top of the Huskies' wish list. Holmes, speedy guard Jewell Loyd and towering center Imani Stafford are also very much on UConn's recruiting radar. Jordan Adams, a teammate of Mosqueda-Lewis, has also caught the eye of the UConn coaching staff but Adams seems likely to stay close to home in college.