UNCASVILLE, Conn. - When Katie Lou Samuelson focuses on making 3-pointers, she says she often has a poor shooting night.
She definitely had the right mindset Monday.
Samuelson went 10-for-10 from beyond the arc on her way to 40 points, leading No. 1 UConn to a 100-44 rout of South Florida in the American Athletic Conference Tournament final.
The sophomore set a Division I record for consecutive 3-pointers in a game and also set the tournament's single-game scoring mark.
"I tried to focus on just playing and they were kind of going in," Samuelson said. "I kept shooting and it felt good and I was getting open shots and my teammates kept getting me the ball so I was going to keep shooting until actually I was going to keep shooting."
Napheesa Collier added 15 points as the Huskies (32-0) won their 107th straight game and extended their conference winning streak to 82 games. Gabby Williams had 12 points, Saniya Chong scored 11 and reserve Natalie Butler had 10 points and 10 rebounds.
UConn has not lost to an AAC opponent since the league was formed four seasons ago. And this one was never in doubt.
Samuelson scored eight points and hit her first two 3-pointers during an opening 12-0 run for the Huskies.
South Florida coach Jose Fernandez used three of his four timeouts in the first quarter in an attempt to slow UConn down, but Collier's buzzer-beating 3-pointer from the left corner made it 30-11 after 10 minutes.
Samuelson gave UConn its first 40-point lead with her seventh shot from behind the arc in the second quarter. She had 29 points in the first half, and the Huskies, who did not trail at any point during the tournament, led 62-23 at the break.
Samuelson is just the third Husky to score 40 points in a game. Nykesha Sales holds the school record, scoring 46 against Stanford in 1997. Maya Moore scored 41 points against Florida State in 2010 and 40 against Syracuse in 2009.
Samuelson played just eight minutes in the second half. The tournament MVP exited to a loud cheer of "Looooouuu!" from what was basically a home crowd.
"When she gets like that, it's a thing to watch man," UConn coach Geno Auriemma said.
The previous Division I record for consecutive 3s in a game was nine, held by Susan Smith of Eastern Washington, who ended up 9-of-10 against Weber State in 1988, and Cornell's Keri Farley, who hit all nine of her shots from behind the arc against Georgetown in 1993.