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Katie Lou Samuelson scored 19 of her 22 points in the first half, and the top-ranked Huskies extended their NCAA-record winning streak to 99 games with an 83-41 win over SMU on Saturday.
Samuelson shook off an illness that caused her to miss practice Thursday and Friday and hit eight of her 13 shots from the floor.
“You don’t want your teammates to ever worry that if Lou’s not feeling that great, what are we going to get from her?” she said. “I wanted to show them that no matter what’s going on, I’m still going to be able to be out there and give 100 percent.”
Napheesa Collier scored 10 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to record her ninth double-double this season for the Huskies (24-0, 12-0 American), who will try to reach the 100-straight-win milestone against No. 6 South Carolina on Monday night.
Kia Nurse and Saniya Chong each scored 13 points, and Gabby Williams had 11 points and nine rebounds.
The win was UConn’s 126th straight against an unranked opponent and its 75th in a row in the American Athletic Conference, where they never have lost a game.
Williams hit a jumper from the foul line to open the contest, and for the 14th time this season, the Huskies never trailed.
Kiara Perry had 11 points to lead SMU (13-11, 4-7), which made just 15 of its 61 shots from the floor (24.6 percent).
SMU kept it close in the first quarter, trailing 9-8 before Samuelson hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key to start a 13-4 UConn run.
The Huskies outscored the Mustangs 22-8 in the second quarter and the rout was on.
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