University of Connecticut Athletics
UConn vs. Hofstra
11/27/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Nov. 27, 2009
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- Today's game marked the 700th career win for UConn head coach Geno Auriemma - all of Auriemma's wins have come as the head coach at Connecticut. He becomes the 11th coach in NCAA Division I history with at least 10 seasons at the D-1 level to reach the milestone.
- Auriemma is also the fastest coach in NCAA Division I history to reach 700 wins - reaching the milestone in his 822nd career game.
- Auriemma is the eighth active coach in Division I history to reach 700 career wins.
- Auriemma's .852 winning percentage (700-122) is the highest active winning percentage among NCAA Division I coaches.
- The Huskies have won 43 consecutive games following today's victory over the Pride. Each of these games has been won by double-digits.
- The Huskies have a 42 consecutive regular-season game winning streak that dates back to a 73-71 loss at Rutgers on Feb. 5, 2008.
- UConn extended its home-court winning streak to 41 straight games, the nation's longest active streak.
- The Huskies have won each of their four games this season by a margin of at least 25 points following tonight's 91-46 win against the Pride. They improve to 236-11 playing as the nation's No. 1 ranked team.
- UConn has won each of its last 29 games at Gampel Pavilion - the last loss coming on Feb. 7, 2006 vs. Rutgers by a score of 60-56.
- The Huskies are now 89-14 in games played in November, and have now won 24 consecutive games in the month.
- UConn has won 118 consecutive games against non-ranked opponents following today's victory over Hofstra.
- UConn improves to 285-11 all-time on its home courts since the 1993-94 season.
- Today's win against the Pride marks is the 30th consecutive win at home for the Huskies.
- UConn is 94-2 in its last 96 games played at Gampel Pavilion.
- UConn is now 97-3 in its last 100 games played.
- The Huskies have won 71 games in which they scored at least 80 points.
- The Huskies improve to 326-8 in games televised by CPTV (Connecticut Public Television).
- UConn improves to 2-0 all-time in the series with Hofstra. This is only the second time the two teams have met, the previous time coming on Dec. 22, 2005 when the Huskies won 86-49.
- The Huskies improve to 14-1 all-time against opponents from the Colonial Athletic Association.
- The Huskies have now won 17 consecutive regular season home games against non-conference opponents since a 70-64 loss to Tennessee on Jan. 6, 2007.
- UConn extends its streak of games without back-to-back losses to 581 consecutive games.
- UConn has won its last 228 games at home against non-ranked opponents in the regular season.
- Tina Charles and Kalana Greene were presented with commemorative basketballs for reaching the 1,000-rebound and 1,000-point milestones, respectively, prior to the start of the game against Hofstra.
- UConn went on a 14-2 run during a 3:36 span in the first half following a 30-second timeout by Hofstra, driving the score to 26-9.
-UConn has held a halftime lead of 20 points or more in each of its four games this year.
- UConn and Hofstra combined for 34 first-half turnovers.
- The Huskies opened up the second half on a 16-5 run spanning 4:14.
- Junior Maya Moore's 23 points marked the fourth straight game this season in which she has recorded double-digit points and the 78th time in her career that she has scored 10 points or more. It is also the third game this season with 20 points or more and the 32nd time in her career.
- Maya Moore's 1,514 career points moves her to 16th on the UConn all-time scoring list, passing Asjha Jones (1,502). She is now just 20 points shy of the 15th spot, currently held by Cathy Bochain (1,534).
- Senior Tina Charles scored 17 points, the fourth time this season and the 88th career game that she has recorded double-figure points. She now boasts 1, 714 career points, moving to eighth on UConn's all-time scoring list. The position was previously held by Ann Strother (1, 699).
- Caroline Doty has led the team in assists in each of the four games played by UConn this season. Her nine assists tonight are a career high.
- Senior Kalana Greene has scored double-digit points in 52 career games, after posting 14 points against the Pride. It is the third time this season that she has had 10 points or more in a game.
- Sophomore Tiffany Hayes scored 10 points, including seven in the second half, marking the third time this season she has recorded double-figure points. This is the 20th career game that she has scored 10 points or more.
- Senior Meghan Gardler's 10 points mark the second time in her career and first time this season that she has posted double-digit points.
