March 4, 2019 | Peter Morenus - UConn Communications
Records Set, Numbers Retired
No Husky will be permitted to wear Ray Allen’s number 34 or Rebecca Lobo’s number 50, the first basketball numbers retired at UConn.
Rebecca Lobo '95 (CLAS), left, speaks with former NBA player Kobe Bryant following a ceremony to retire Lobo's jersey number at a women's basketball game at Gampel Pavilion on March 2, 2019. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
A cheering student fan holds a cutout of Ray Allen's head at the start of a men's basketball game at Gampel Pavilion on March 3, 2019. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
UConn basketball great Ray Allen speaks to fans at a packed Student Union Ballroom on March 3, 2019. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
Former coach Jim Calhoun, center, speaks during a ceremony at Gampel Pavilion to retire Ray Allen's jersey number at a men's basketball game on March 3, 2019. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
Basketball great Ray Allen speaks at a cermony to retire his jersey number at Gampel Pavilion during a men's basketball game on March 3, 2019. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
Ray Allen, left, and members of his family react as a banner commemorating the retirement of Allen's jersey number is unveiled during a men's basketball game at Gampel Pavilion on March 3, 2019. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
A banner commemorating the retirement of Ray Allen's jersey number is unveiled during a men's basketball game at Gampel Pavilion on March 3, 2019. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
Rebecca Lobo '95 (CLAS), left, speaks with former NBA player Kobe Bryant following a ceremony to retire Lobo's jersey number at a women's basketball game at Gampel Pavilion on March 2, 2019. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
Rebecca Lobo '95 (CLAS) speaks during a ceremony to retire her jersey number at a women's basketball game at Gampel Pavilion on March 2, 2019. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
Coach Geno Auriemma, right, speaks about Rebecca Lobo '95 (CLAS) during a ceremony to retire Lobo's number at a women's basketball game at Gampel Pavilion on March 2, 2019. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
A banner commemorating the retirement of Rebecca Lobo's jersey number was uncovered during a women's basketball game at Gampel Pavilion on March 2, 2019. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
Rebecca Lobo '95 (CLAS), center, poses with other former players during a ceremony to retire Lobo's jersey number at a women's basketball game at Gampel Pavilion on March 2, 2019. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
At two ceremonies this weekend, the University of Connecticut retired the numbers of the former All-America basketball standouts, Ray Allen and Rebecca Lobo.
No UConn player will be permitted to wear Allen’s number 34 or Lobo’s number 50, the first basketball numbers retired at UConn.
Allen entered the Hall this past fall, Lobo was enshrined in 2017. The pair are already members of the Huskies of Honor, with their numbers hung at Gampel Pavilion alongside other UConn basketball greats.
Allen averaged 19 points over three seasons at UConn, while leading the Huskies to three Big East titles and three Sweet 16 berths. After graduating, Allen pursued an 18-year NBA career in which he set the league record for 3-point field goals and drilled one of the most memorable shots in basketball history.
Lobo won numerous women’s college basketball player-of-the-year awards in 1994-1995 as she led UConn to an undefeated season and its first national championship. After leaving Storrs with 2,133 career points and 1,268 career rebounds, she went on to compete in the Olympics and in the WNBA and now works as a color commentator on ESPN’s women’s basketball coverage.
