TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Breanna Stewart scored 29 points while Morgan Tuck and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis added 18 apiece Monday night as top-ranked Connecticut beat South Florida 88-65 on Monday night for its 28th straight win.
The Huskies (29-1, 18-0) tuned up for next weekend's American Athletic Conference tournament by holding the league's second-place team to 38 percent shooting and finished unbeaten in the conference for a second straight year.
USF (24-6, 15-3) fell to the two-time defending national champions for the second time in what arguably has been the best season in school history. Despite losing to UConn by an average of 32.5 points, the Bulls will enter postseason with expectations of having some success in the NCAA tournament.
UConn, meanwhile, is looking to build on going unbeaten in conference play during a regular season for the 12th time and eventually make a return trip to Tampa, site of the Women's Final Four, in April.
No. 6 BAYLOR 75, TEXAS TECH 65
WACO, Texas (AP) - Nina Davis scored 22 points and Niya Johnson broke the Big 12 single-season record for assists as league champion Baylor rebounded from consecutive losses, beating Texas Tech.
Kristy Wallace added 14 points for the Lady Bears (27-3, 16-2 Big 12), who were coming off losses at Oklahoma and Iowa State since clinching their fifth consecutive Big 12 title in their last home game Feb. 21. Alexis Prince and Imani Wright each had 12 points.
Johnson, who came in the national leader with 8.7 assists per game, had 12 to push her season total to 255. The junior guard broke her school record of 244 set last year, and soon after halftime surpassed the league record 250 that Angel Goodrich set at Kansas three years ago.
Amber Battle had 23 points for Texas Tech (15-15, 5-13).