Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images(HARTFORD, Conn.) — The University of Connecticut women’s basketball team paid tribute Monday to Gianna Bryant, the 13-year-old daughter of NBA legend Kobe Bryant who was following in her dad’s footsteps as a basketball star.

The Huskies placed a No. 2 UConn jersey with flowers on their bench at Monday’s game in Hartford against USA Basketball.

The team shared a photo of the tribute on social media, writing, “Mambacita is forever a Husky.”

Mambacita is forever a Husky