Women’s basketball: UConn streak hits 100.
UConn controls the second half
Add 100 consecutive wins to the Connecticut Huskies’ long list of milestones.
Given the team’s glitzier numbers linked to national championships, 11 titles and counting, it may seem ho-hum with no added significance. Geno Auriemma’s squad already owns the longest winning streak in Division I college basketball history. UConn beat its own record of 90 consecutive wins earlier this season with little fanfare.
Gabby Williams scored a career-high 26 points and Napheesa Collier added 18 to help the top-ranked Huskies beat No. 6 South Carolina, 6655, on Monday night in front of a sellout crowd of 10,167 that included past greats.
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(2) Villanova 75, DePaul 62: Jalen Brunson scored 18 points, Josh Hart had 16 and the Wildcats (25-2, 12-2 Big East) beat the lowly Blue Demons (8-18, 1-12) in Rosemont, Ill.
Brunson, a former Illinois prep star from nearby Lincolnshire, went 4 of 8 from the field and 8 of 9 at the free-throw line in the Wildcats’ sixth straight victory. Mikal Bridges added 15 points, and Kris Jenkins finished with 13.
Villanova played without Darryl Reynolds due to a rib injury, but the defending national champions still had more than enough to put away lastplace DePaul. Reynolds is day to day.
Texas Tech 84, (4) Baylor 78: Keenan Evans scored 23 points, Niem Stevenson had 21 and the host Red Raiders (17-9, 5-8 Big 12) upset the Bears (22-4, 9-4). (7) Louisville 76, Syracuse 72: Anas Mahmoud scored five points in a 10-0 run in overtime and the visiting Cardinals (21-5, 9-4 ACC) outlasted the Orange (16-11, 8-6).