UNCASVILLE, Conn. - Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies are finding new ways to win each game.
It seems that a different player steps up every game. It was Napheesa Collier's turn Sunday.
Collier scored 24 points and No. 2 UConn won its 82nd consecutive game with a 72-54 victory against No. 14 Texas in the annual Jimmy V Classic.
"It's really hard to pinpoint or put a label on this team," Auriemma said. "They just seem to do what they need to do. That's what it appears to me right now. We don't appear to be a team that imposes their will on the other team like we've been doing the last couple years. What do we have to do today? We figure it out and just do it."
Kia Nurse added 15 points for the Huskies (7-0), who are in the midst of the second-longest winning streak in women's basketball history, trailing only their 90-game run from 2008-10.
Next up is top-ranked Notre Dame on the road Wednesday.
"It's going to be fun the next couple days preparing," Auriemma said. "That's still one of my favorite things to do, prepare for a really good team on the road. Sometimes more fun than the actual game. I'm looking forward to seeing how as a team, what kind of look the players have these next two days. I think they'll be pretty excited. It's the first time in a while you're going in and someone else is No. 1 in the country."
UConn led by nine at the half before Texas (2-4) closed to 51-49 with 3:18 left in the third quarter on a 3-pointer by Brooke McCarty.
The Huskies then scored the next 12 points, including the final six of the period to get some breathing room. Collier capped the burst with a nifty reverse layup off a rebound that made it 63-49.