UConn Women's Basketball Extends Winning Streak to 85

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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Stefanie Dolson scored 16 points and top-ranked Connecticut moved a step closer to the longest Division I winning streak in college basketball history by beginning Big East play with an 80-54 rout of South Florida on Thursday night.
South Florida 's Andrea Smith (21) dives to the basket in front of Connecticut's Bria Hartley (14) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, in Tampa, Fla.

The two-time defending national champions never trailed, scoring the first 12 points of the game and building a 22-2 lead before USF (5-3, 0-1) finally made its first field goal with just more than 9 minutes left in the opening half.

The Huskies (7-0, 1-0) extended the longest winning streak by a women's team to 85 games-three shy of the men's record set by UCLA from 1971-74. UConn can surpass that mark by defeating Sacred Heart, Marquette, No. 6 Ohio State and No. 15 Florida State over the next three weeks.

 

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