INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Sarah Strong scored 15 points, Azzi Fudd added 13 and No. 1 UConn extended its winning streak to 29 games with a 94-47 victory over Butler on Sunday.
UConn (13-0, 4-0 Big East Conference), the defending national champion, has not lost a game in a 80-76 defeat at the time-No. 19 Tennessee on February 6 and has reeled off 51 straight victories against Big East opponents. The Huskies are off to their best start since 2017-18, when they won their first 36 games before a 91-89 overtime loss to Notre Dame in the national championship game.
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Strong finished with seven assists, six rebounds and three steals. Blanca Quinonez added 12 points for the Huskies.
Caroline Dotsey and Addison Baxter scored 10 points each for Butler (7-7, 1-3).
The Bulldogs went scoreless for nearly 10 minutes as six UConn players scored in a 27-0 run that made the score 33-10 when Kayleigh Heckel hit a 3-pointer that capped the surge about 2 1/2 minutes into the second quarter. Butler went 0 of 11 from the field and committed 10 turnovers in that span.
Baxter hit two free throws with 7:11 left in the first half to end Butler’s scoring drought, but the Huskies responded with 12 straight points that made it 45-12 with 3:32 left in the half. KK Arnold’s free throw 48 seconds later gave UConn a 35-point lead.
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The Bulldogs missed 14 straight field goal attempts in 13 minutes, 43 seconds, before Mallory Miller hit a jumper with 3:13 left in the second quarter.
UConn scored 48 points off 29 Butler turnovers and outscored the Bulldogs 50-12 in the paint.
Heckel left the game in the final minutes after a collision with Butler’s McKenna Johnson.
Following
UConn: At Providence on Wednesday.
Butler: At Creighton on January 4.
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