{"id":10153,"date":"2017-02-14T12:55:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2017\/02\/14\/uconn-women-win-historic-100th-game-in-a-row\/"},"modified":"2017-02-14T12:55:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T12:55:00","slug":"uconn-women-win-historic-100th-game-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/uconn-women-win-historic-100th-game-in-a-row\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Women Win Historic 100th Game In A Row"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Connecticut’s Napheesa Collier, (center) celebrates with teammates (from left) Crystal Dangerfield, Saniya Chong and Gabby Williams in Storrs, Conn., after beating South Carolina 66-55 \u2014 the Huskies’ 100th win.<\/p>\n

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Pushing their win streak to a new level \u2014 triple digits \u2014 the University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball team achieved a milestone Monday, beating No. 6 South Carolina, 66-55, for their 100th win.<\/p>\n

No other basketball team, male or female, has neared the mark in the NCAA.<\/p>\n

As of Monday night, the last time UConn lost a game was 818 days earlier \u2014 back in November of 2014, when another No. 6 team \u2014 Stanford \u2014 got the better of the Huskies in overtime. That was a road game for UConn; last night’s game was a home win, and former Huskies stars such as Sue Bird, Maya Moore and Breanna Stewart turned out to watch Coach Geno Auriemma’s latest run at history.<\/p>\n

Putting the team’s feat in perspective, Christine Brennan of USA Today<\/em> tells Morning Edition<\/em> that the only attainment left for UConn to pursue might be the one that Wayland Baptist University set in the 1950s, when they won 131 straight.<\/p>\n

“That was in the days of the AAU,” Brennan says, “so I guess UConn has one more streak to go.”<\/p>\n

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