After winning seven straight titles in the American Athletic Conference, the top-ranked Huskies routed Marquette 73-39 on Monday night in their return to the Big East Tournament championship game. Paige Bueckers scored 23 points and was named the tournament's most outstanding player as UConn (24-1) wrapped up its 19th Big East Tournament title. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMChristyn Williams added 16 points as UConn won its 160th straight game in conference play. "When you get down that big to UConn in the first quarter, it's uphill, really uphill, the rest of the way," Marquette coach Megan Duffy said. Marquette slowed the pace in the second quarter and outscored UConn 13-12, but the Huskies went into halftime up 41-23.

Source: Fox News March 09, 2021 09:45 UTC