Abrosimova Out Four Games

Svetlana Abrosimova, the leading scorer for the No. 2-ranked Connecticut women, is expected to be sidelined four games because of a sprained ankle suffered in Thursday’s loss to No. 3 Tennessee.

Abrosimova averages 14 points per game, has a team-high 54 steals, and is second in rebounds at 6.5 per game.

Abrosimova wants to be to play a Feb. 23 game against St. John’s at Storrs, Conn. Her parents chose that game to come from Russia and see her play for the first time in the United States.

Oleg and Ludmila Abrosimova have saved for a year on his shipyard worker’s wages--the equivalent of $3,000--to come to the U.S. It will be their first trip out of Russia.

TODAY / WOMEN

* CALIFORNIA (7-11, 3-5) at UCLA (3-16, 2-6), 3 p.m.--UCLA is in last place in the Pac-10 by itself after a loss to Stanford Friday. Cal is going for an unprecedented sweep of UCLA and USC in Los Angeles.

* STANFORD (11-7, 5-3) at USC (8-10, 3-5), Sports Arena, 3 p.m., Fox Sports Net, KMPC (1540)--Stanford is looking for its fifth consecutive win. USC seeks to bounce back from Friday’s loss to Cal in which it blew a big lead.