UConn star Sarah Strong "respectfully" cuts mom Allison Feaster from her dream lineup in favor of Huskies legend

UConn basketball star Sarah Strong led the Huskies to the national championship game Friday after defeating the UCLA Bruins in the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament.

On Saturday, the 19-year-old was asked by a CBS reporter in a video shared on X to start one, bench one and cut one of A'ja Wilson, Maya Moore and Allison Feaster, her mother.

"Start Maya, bench no, I'm sorry, I'm cutting Allison, respectfully, and I'll start Maya, bench A'ja."

In a video posted on Instagram by CBS' "WeNeedToTalk," Strong and her Huskies teammates were also asked to start, bench or cut between Sue Bird, Jackie Young and Candace Parker.

"I would start Candace. I don't want to get hate for this. Bench Sue, and cut Jackie out," Strong said.

Watch the video below:

Sarah Strong's mother, Allison Feaster, is a former LA Sparks, Charlotte Sting and Indiana Fever player in the WNBA.

On the other hand, Strong is following in the footsteps of her mother and is currently one of the best players on the UConn team. The forward was at the top of her game for the No. 2 seed Huskies (36-3) as they defeated the No. 1 seed UCLA Bruins (34-3) 85-51 on Friday night, making it to the championship game.

The forward had the most points for her team (22), along with eight rebounds. She was followed by Paige Bueckers with 16 points and Azzi Fudd with 19. This season, she has averaged 16.2 points, 8.7 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 58.4 FG% per game.

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UConn coach Geno Auriemma hails Sarah Strong after setting a new freshman record

UConn coach Geno Auriemma was full of praise for star player Sarah Strong after she set a new Huskies freshman record.

"Not much surprises me, not much that Sarah does makes me go, 'Wow, I didn't know she could do that,'" Auriemma said on Monday. "But Sarah impacts the game in so many ways that you just have so much confidence in her, so much belief in her. I don't know. Can't explain it."

Strong became the third UConn player to score more than 20 points in a Final Four matchup. She joined the likes of Maya Moore in 2008 and Breanna Stewart in 2013.

She also surpassed 600-plus points in a season with 633 points, joining Moore, who has 678 points, as the only freshmen in UConn history to reach that feat. The forward also set a new freshman record for rebounds (341) and came second in assists (136).