MILWAUKEE – Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored a career-high 27 points to lead fourth-ranked Connecticut to an easy 85-45 victory over Marquette on Saturday.
The Huskies (26-3, 13-2 Big East) have won all seven meetings against Marquette and will face No. 3 Notre Dame on Monday night to try and earn a share of the conference regular season title.
Tiffany Hayes scored 18 of her 20 points in the second half, including 13 in the first seven minutes to help UConn blow the game open.
Mosqueda-Lewis scored 15 points in the first half to lead the Huskies to a 34-21 advantage at the break. The freshman's previous career high was 25.
Katherine Plouffe scored 16 points to lead the Golden Eagles (13-15, 4-11), who have lost five straight and nine of their last 10 games.
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