Geno Auriemma and the UConn women's basketball teamwill be tested by South Carolina in ways they are not in Big East play.

The No. 7 UConn women's basketball team travels to Columbia, S.C. to face reigning national champion No. 5 South Carolina in its last nonconference test.

For the past month, local basketball programs have teamed up to raise awareness and spread hope for 9-year-old Autumn and other kids fighting diseases.