All of her teammates had long since finished with their media responsibilities following Wednesday's opening practice when reigning national player of the year Breanna Stewart was fielding her final few inquiries.

There was a sense of glee in Stewart's voice when she spoke about the offensive potential of the player most likely to be the Huskies' starting center this season.

"I don't think any of you have ever seen her (make a 3-pointer)," Stewart said.

Well, that is no longer the case.

Of the seven field goals made by the women's players in last night's First Night scrimmage, four of them were 3-pointers. It was hardly a shocker to see Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, perhaps the best 3-point shooter in the country, hit one. Morgan Tuck made seven in the eight games she played a season ago and eight of the 12 shots Tierney Lawlor as a freshmen came from behind the 3-point line so it was not a stunning revelation that they also made one. However, Stokes confidently attempted a pair of 3-pointers last night, one went in and one was off the target.

In 107 career games Stokes has attempted 276 shots, all of them from inside the 3-point line. However, during shooting drills at Wednesday's practice Stokes was hitting from downtown with as much regularity as any other player.

She doesn't plan on challenging Mosqueda-Lewis for the team lead in 3-pointers this season but said don't be stunned when you see her firing away from the perimeter.

"I always shoot 3s but consistency is the next step," Stokes said. "It is just another thing to add. I want to be a post player first but I want to have more options and I don't want to be limited to being just scoring inside."

There were five recruits at First Night. De'Janae Boykin was the only one already committed but don't look for any quick commitments from the other four (juniors Crystal Dangerfield and Jocelyn Willoughby and sophomores Andra Espinoza-Hunter and Megan Walker). They did make it onto the court for some quick dancing before the event started but were sitting too far from me to get a sense of how much they enjoyed themselves, However, I couldn't imagine any recruit not having the time of their lives at an event like last night's.

One last recruiting item, don't look for a future Husky to play in the HoopHall Classic held each January in Springfield. Event organizers try to have one game featuring a potential UConn recruit but I reached out Greg Procino, the Director of Events and Awards at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and he said attempts to set up a game with a UConn recruit did not work out and the only game featuring teams outside the Springfield area is one with Maryland commit Kiah Gillespie's Capital Prep team squaring off with Oregon powerhouse South Medford High, Capital Prep also features junior guard Desiree Elmore, who committed to Syracuse earlier this week while South Medford's top players include senior Keyari Sleezer and junior Julissa Tago.