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12/28 17:23 CST Strong, Fudd help No. 1 UConn beat Butler 94-47 for 29th
straight win
Strong, Fudd help No. 1 UConn beat Butler 94-47 for 29th straight win
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 since an 80-76 defeat at then-No. 19 Tennessee on Feb. 6, and has
won 51 straight 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.
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 apiece 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 it 33-10 when Kayleigh Heckel hit a 3-pointer that
capped the spurt about 2 1/2 minutes into the second quarter. Butler went 0 for
11 from the field and committed 10 turnovers during that span.
Baxter made two free throws with 7:11 left in the first half to end Butler's
scoring drought, but the Huskies answered with 12 consecutive points that made
it 45-12 with 3:32 to go until halftime. KK Arnold's free throw 48 seconds
later gave UConn a 35-point lead.
The Bulldogs missed 14 consecutive field goal attempts over a span of 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 closing minutes after a collision with Butler's
McKenna Johnson.
Up next UConn: At Providence on Wednesday. Butler: At Creighton on Jan. 4. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on AP Top 25 basketball throughout the season. Sign up here. AP women's college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball |
