No. 3 Connecticut women beat Cincinnati 80-37

STORRS, Conn. – UConn scored the first seven points of the game, and jumped out to an 11-3 lead.

But Hollins kept the Bearcats in the game, scoring the team's first 13 points and Cincinnati trailed just 17-13 midway through the first half. Hollins hit six of her 10 shots from the floor in the half. The rest of her team made just one of 11.

A 3-pointer by Mosqueda-Lewis extended the lead back to 10 points at 26-16, part of a 21-3 UConn run, and the Huskies led 42-19 at the half.

Hayes moved past Asjha Jones into 17th place on UConn's career scoring list with 1,507 points. Her 3-pointer 15 seconds into the second half moved her into a ninth-place tie on the school's 3-point list with 161.

Caroline Doty hit her 100th career 3-pointer a short time later to put UConn up 52-22, and the Huskies stretched the lead from there. Doty finished with seven points.

All 11 Huskies scored and UConn dominated the inside, outrebounding Cincinnati 42-24. They had 40 points in the paint and 26 second-chance points to just three for the Bearcats.

The loss ends a brutal stretch for Cincinnati, which fell at No. 7 Rutgers 58-47, and No. 2 Notre Dame 76-50 in its past two games.

Connecticut has won 166 of its past 168 Big East home games.

Connecticut has never lost to Cincinnati in seven meetings.