Sooner or later the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team will lose a game. But as this young season is going, it doesn’t look like they’ll lose one anytime soon.
Senior All-American Maya Moore had 29 points, 24 in the first half, to help lead the Huskies to an 81-38 win over the Lehigh Mountain Hawks in front of 7,039 at Gampel Pavilion in the World Visiion Challenge on Saturday night.
The Huskies improve to 5-0 while the Mountain Hawks fall to 1-5. It’s the 83rd straight win for the Huskies.
In addition to the 29 points, Moore also had five rebounds, four assists and four steals in just 28 minutes. Tiffany Hayes added 14 points and a game-high nine rebounds. Freshman Samarie Walker, making her first start, and Bria Hartley both chipped in with 11 points with Walker adding seven rebounds and Hartley had four assists. Kelly Faris added four points and four assists while Stefanie Dolson came off the bench to score eight points.
Aly Byorick led the Mountain Hawks with eight points while Erica Prosser had seven. Emily Gratch led the Mountain Hawks with six points to go along with six points.
UConn started the game off with a 23-7 run and never looked back from there. The lead would only continue to grow from there as the Huskies hot shooting behind Moore was more than enough.
Moore outscored the Mountain Hawks 24-19 in the first half.
The Huskies will now face the LSU Tigers on Sunday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. for the “defacto” World Vision Challenge title. The tournament is a round-robin format and both teams are 2-0. The game will be televised locally in CT on CPTV.
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Notes and musings:
Lehigh Mountain Hawks @ UConn Huskies 11.27.10 World Vision Challenge box score
Here are some quotes from UConn head coach Geno Auriemma, Maya Moore, Tiffany Hayes, Samarie Walker and Lehigh head coach Sue Trovan.
The starters for UConn were Bria Hartley, Tiffany Hayes, Kelly Faris, Maya Moore and Samarie Walker.
For the second straight game, Eric Frede of NESN was paired with Meghan Culmo on the television broadcast on CPTV. Bob Picozzi, who normally calls the games, has been away working for ESPN in Orlando.
The Huskies shot 53.3% (32-of-60) from the floor. The Mountain Hawks shot 31.9% (15-of-47).
UConn had 25 assists on their 32 made baskets.
The Huskies shot 37.5% (6-of-16) from three-point land.
UConn was 11-of-13 (84.6%) from the foul line.
The Huskies controlled the glass as they held a 40-21 advantage.
UConn outscored Lehigh 46-14 in the paint, 10-0 on the fast break and held a 21-3 advantage on second-chance points.
The Huskies had 28 points off of 21 Lehigh turnovers. The Mountain Hawks had eight points on 13 UConn turnovers.
The rest of the game notes are courtesy of the UConn Sports Information Department:
- Maya Moore’s 24 points in the first half were the second most she’s scored in a half in her UConn career. She scored 25 of her 31 points vs. Marquette on 2/20/08 in the opening half.
- Maya Moore’s one block vs. Lehigh was the 163rd of her career which moves her into fifth place all-time at UConn, ahead of Peggy Walsh.
- UConn is 4-0 vs. Lehigh, their most recent meeting before tonight being a 103-35 UConn victory in the first round of the 1997 NCAA Tournament. UConn is now 30-3 all time when facing Patriot League teams.
- Maya Moore is second on UConn’s all-time scoring list with 2,298 career points, and her 29 vs. Lehigh leave her only 48 points shy of Tina Charles’ record.
- UConn has gone 232 consecutive games without allowing an opponent to shoot over .500 from the field.
- UConn has trailed for a total 127:13 of a possible 3,320 minutes during its current 83-game winning streak.
- UConn has won 31 games in a row in the month of November, dating back to a 71-64 loss to North Carolina on 11/21/04.
- UConn’s 44 points in the first half was more than Lehigh’s total of 38. This is the 32nd time during the 83-game winning streak that this has happened.
- UConn is now 278-11 (.962) all-time when playing as the No. 1 ranked team in the AP Top 25.
Photo credits: Hartford Courant
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