University of Connecticut Athletics
UConn vs. Providence Post Game Notes
2/20/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 20, 2010
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- UConn's 66-game winning streak is the second longest in NCAA Division I women's basketball history. Connecticut holds the record at 70 (2001-03).
- UConn has won each of its 66 consecutive games by double-digits, an NCAA record. During the span, the team has averaged a margin of victory of 33.1 points.
- UConn has given up an average of 45.4 points to its opponents through the first 27 games of the season.
- The Huskies have a 65-game regular-season winning streak that dates back to a 73-71 loss at Rutgers on Feb. 5, 2008.
- UConn extended its home-court winning streak to 55 straight games, the nation's longest active streak, including 30 straight at the XL Center.
- The Huskies have won 133 consecutive games against non-ranked opponents. The last time they lost to an unranked team was a 61-50 loss at Arizona State on Dec. 21, 2004.
- UConn has now won 22 of its 27 games this season by 25 points or more.
- UConn has won 237 consecutive games against non-ranked teams at home.
- The Huskies' 85-53 victory against Providence marked the 87th straight game that the team has won when scoring at least 80 points. The last time the team lost when scoring 80 came against Tennessee on Jan. 7, 2005 (89-80).
- The Huskies have now won their last 32 Big East Conference home games. The last loss came on Feb. 7, 2006 against Rutgers, 60-56.
- The Huskies improve to 27-0 for the second time in as many seasons and the sixth time since the 1994-95 season.
- UConn improves to 259-11 playing as the nation's No. 1 ranked team. The last time the Huskies lost as the nation's No. 1 team came against Stanford on April 6, 2008 in the NCAA Final Four.
-UConn is now 299-11 at home since the 1993-94 season.
- The Huskies are 98-2 in their last 100 games played.
- UConn is now 149-53 all-time against AP Top-25 ranked opponents and is 68-36 against those ranked in the top 10.
- UConn is now 198-97 in the month of February and has won its last 20 games played in February.
- The Huskies are now 153-2 in their last 155 Big East home games and have won their last 35 overall in the regular season.
-The Huskies have gone 217 consecutive games without allowing an opponent to shoot over .500 from the field. Boston College was the last opponent to post a shooting percentage more than .500, coming on March 8, 2004.
- Tonight marked the 58th time that Providence and UConn have faced each other with the Huskies leading the series, 37-21. The Huskies have won each of the last 25 meetings in the series by an average of 33.2 points.
- The last time these two teams faced each other came on Feb. 18, 2009 at Providence. The Huskies won that game 75-39.
- The Huskies own a 19-8 all-time record at home against Providence.
- UConn has not lost a game in the series since March 7, 1993 (87-73) at Providence.
- The last time the Huskies lost at home against Providence came on March 5, 1990 (82-68). They currently hold a 15-game home winning streak against Providence.
- UConn has won 145 of its last 153 games against conference opponents in the regular season and is 360-84 overall in regular-season Big East games.
- Providence is now 0-5 this season against nationally ranked opponents.
- Providence's 25-game losing streak to UConn is the longest all-time for the Friars against one opponent.
- Providence is now 6-7 in Big East games this season.
- The Huskies are now 342-8 in games aired on CPTV and are 18-0 this season when playing on CPTV.
- Providence called a 30-second timeout 1:02 into the game.
- Providence's 3-2 lead in the first 1:20 marked the first time all season that the Huskies had trailed in three straight games.
- Providence's 25 points in the first half marked the 17th time this season that the Huskies have limited their opponents to no more than 25 in the first half.
- The Huskies went on a 10-2 run spanning 2:00 in the first half to push the score to 12-5. During that run, eight points were scored by Maya Moore.
- UConn went a 15-2 run during a 4:59 span to expand its lead to 19 (32-13).
- Providence was held scoreless for 4:32 in the first half until a three-pointer from the Friars' Chelsea Marandola, the team's top scorer this season.
- The Huskies opened up the second half on an 8-0 run during a 2:43 span to go up 53-25. The Friars' first basket came at the hands of Chelsea Marandola, who made a three-point field goal.
- UConn outscored Providence in the paint, 40-10.
- Today's game marks the fifth time this season that two UConn players have scored 20 points or more in the same game and the fourth time that Charles and Moore have done so. The other times came at Pittsburgh on Jan. 30, 2010 when Charles had 24 and Moore had 22; against Notre Dame on Jan. 16, 2010 when Charles scored 23 points and Moore had 20; and against Stanford on Dec. 23, 2009 when Charles had 20 points and Moore scored 23. Charles and Kalana Greene also paired up against Clemson in the WBCA Classic on Nov. 29, 2009 against Clemson when Charles dropped 20 points and Greene tallied a career-high 28 points.
- Maya Moore's 21 points against Providence marked the 100th game of her career and the 26th this season that she has tallied double-digit points. Tonight also marked the 42nd career game and 13th this season that Moore has scored 20 points or more.
- Moore's 1,922 career points puts her eighth on UConn's all-time scoring list. She is now just 68 points away from tying Renee Montgomery's seventh place total of 1,990.
- Tina Charles's 26-point performance against Providence tied her season high, set against Northeastern on Nov. 14, 2009.
- Charles's 26 points marked the 110th career game and the 26th time this season she has recorded double-digit figures in points. It was also the 28th career game and 10th time this season that Charles has scored at least 20 points in a game.
- Charles now has 2,130 career points, sixth on UConn's all-time scoring list. She is now just three points away from tying Rebecca Lobo for fifth on the list (2,133).
- Charles' nine rebounds against Providence now put her just 24 (1,244 career) rebounds away from tying Lobo for first all-time at UConn on the rebounding list (1,268).
- Kalana Greene's 11 points marked the 18th time this season and the 66th career game she posted double-figure points.
