Final
UConn stays perfect; routs Louisville in AAC title game
Mar 11, 2014 - 1:35 AM Uncasville, CT (SportsNetwork.com) - Breanna Stewart tallied 20 points, nine rebounds and six assists as No. 1 Connecticut will head into the NCAA Tournament unbeaten after a 72-52 takedown of third-ranked Louisville in the inaugural AAC title game on Monday.Bria Hartley and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis donated 16 and 13 points, respectively, while Stefanie Dolson pulled down a game-high 16 boards for the Huskies (34-0).
Connecticut won every game this season by at least 11 points.
Shoni Schimmel shot just 7-of-25 from the floor to pace Louisville (30-4) with 20 points in defeat.
Three of the Cardinals' four losses have come at the hands of UConn by an average of 19 points. Louisville fell to 0-13 against the Huskies under head coach Jeff Walz.
The heavily favored Huskies jumped out to an 8-0 lead just over a minute into the game. Mosqueda-Lewis swooped in for a transition layup at 18:43 after Stewart and Hartley canned 3-pointers.
Sara Hammond's triple cut Louisville's deficit to 13-8 5:40 in, but a pair of Stewart free throws sparked a 14-2 Connecticut surge. Stewart hit two jumpers at the end of the first half to push the spread to 40-22 at intermission.
The Cardinals went more than five minutes without scoring midway through the second half, as UConn rolled to the finish line.
- LOUISVILLE: 52
CONNECTICUT: 72
Final
Mar 10 8:51 PM - LOUISVILLE: 22
CONNECTICUT: 40
Halftime
Mar 10 7:48 PM - LOUISVILLE: 0
CONNECTICUT: 0
1st Half - 20:00
Mar 10 7:05 PM - 72
roots - #1 Cards Fan It pains me to say this, but no one is beating UCONN this year...and probably next year too. UCONN wins this one by at least 15.
Louisville(3) vs. Connecticut(1)Mar 10 11:34 AM
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