Final
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Huskies end Baylor's 69-game home winning streak
Jan 14, 2014 - 3:17 AM Waco, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - Breanna Stewart had 18 points and 11 rebounds and top-ranked Connecticut defeated No. 7 Baylor 66-55 on Monday night, ending the Lady Bears' nation-best 69-game home winning streak.Bria Hartley netted 17 points for UConn (18-0), which hadn't won a game by less than 17 prior to Monday's tilt.
The Huskies have won 24 in a row overall.
Odyssey Sims tallied 20 points, while Nina Davis registered 11 points and 17 rebounds for the Lady Bears (14-2), who hadn't lost at Ferrell Center since falling to Texas 70-54 on March 7, 2010.
UConn led by as many as 11 in the first half, but Baylor slowly chipped away at the deficit and a Sims 3-pointer with 10:54 left cut the gap to 50-49.
The Lady Bears, though, never got any closer as the Huskies ended the game on a 16-6 run.
The Huskies led 36-27 at the break in a contest between the two last national champions.
- CONNECTICUT: 66
BAYLOR: 55
Final
Jan 13 8:58 PM - 111
rootsRUWTbot Added 25 roots (Close Finish, Ranked Teams)
Connecticut(1) 62, Baylor(7) 55 4th - 1:25Jan 13 8:53 PM - 86
roots - 142
rootsRUWTbot Took away 58 roots (Close Finish, Ranked Teams)
Connecticut(1) 58, Baylor(7) 53 4th - 3:44Jan 13 8:47 PM - 200
rootsRUWTbot Added 8 roots (Close Finish, Upset, Ranked Teams)
Connecticut(1) 56, Baylor(7) 53 4th - 3:51Jan 13 8:45 PM - 192
rootsRUWTbot Added 62 roots (Close Finish, Upset, Ranked Teams)
Connecticut(1) 56, Baylor(7) 53 4th - 4:26Jan 13 8:43 PM - 130
rootsRUWTbot Added 8 roots (Close Finish, Ranked Teams)
Connecticut(1) 56, Baylor(7) 51 4th - 5:25Jan 13 8:42 PM - 122
rootsRUWTbot Added 12 roots (Close Finish, Ranked Teams)
Connecticut(1) 56, Baylor(7) 51 4th - 6:30Jan 13 8:41 PM - 110
roots - 101
roots - 108
roots - CONNECTICUT: 36
BAYLOR: 27
Halftime
Jan 13 7:54 PM - 84
roots - 95
roots - CONNECTICUT: 0
BAYLOR: 0
1st Half - 20:00
Jan 13 7:03 PM
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