TOP 25 WOMEN Huskies’ win streak reaches 49

— Maya Moore scored 23 points and Tina Charles added 20 to help topranked Connecticut win its 49th consecutive game, an 80-68 victory over No. 2 Stanford on Wednesday night in front of a sellout crowd of 16,294.

The Huskies (10-0) won their first nine games this season by at least 25 points and an average of 46. UConn hadn’t faced a team the caliber of the Cardinal, whom the Huskies beat last season in the national semifinals en route to a 39-0 record and sixth NCAA title.

The Cardinal (9-1) proved to be no match as UConn extended the thirdlongest winning streak in women’s basketball history. UConn won 70 consecutive from 200120-03 and Louisiana Tech had a 54-game streak from 1980-1982.

Stanford, which beat then-No. 7 Duke and thirdranked Tennessee last week, was the last team to beat UConn, topping the Huskies in the 2008 Final Four.

It was the 44th meeting of the top two teams in the poll: No. 1 leads 25-19. UConn has been involved in 13 of those games, going 11-2 - including an 8-1 mark as the No. 1 team.

Kalana Greene added 17 points and Tiffany Hayes had 16 for UConn, which has won every game during its current run by at least 10 points.

Nnemkadi Ogwumike scored 20 points and Kayla Pedersen added 14 for the Cardinal.

UConn trailed 44-42 early in the second half before going on a 30-6 run over the next 11 minutes to take control.

Sports, Pages 17 on 12/24/2009

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