Doty has 17 points, No. 1 Connecticut hits 13 3-pointers in 86-37 rout of Richmond
By Pat Eaton-robb, APSaturday, November 28, 2009
Top-ranked UConn beats Richmond 86-37
STORRS, Conn. — Caroline Doty scored 17 points, Tiffany Hayes had 15 points and seven assists, and top-ranked Connecticut routed Richmond 86-37 Saturday in the WBCA Classic.
UConn (5-0) hit 13 shots from 3-point range, including 10 in the first half to set a school record. Doty, who was one point off her career high, hit five of her seven shots from behind the arc, while Maya Moore had three 3s.
Brittani Shells had 12 points to lead Richmond (4-2), which beat Clemson 86-67 on Friday in the first game of the tournament.
Connecticut has won 44 consecutive games, each by at least 10 points, and has won each of its five games this season by more than 40.
UConn coach Geno Auriemma had criticized the Huskies on Friday for allowing Hofstra to stay within a point of his team through the first few minutes of their opening-round game.
UConn responded by jumping out to a 14-0 lead in this one. Abby Oliver scored the Spiders’ first points almost 6 minutes into the game.
A 16-0 UConn run later in the half made it 41-6. Caroline Doty had 14 of her points at intermission, including four of the Huskies 3-pointers, and UConn went into the break up 51-14.
UConn opened the second half on an 8-2 run and built the lead from there.
Tina Charles had 13 points, freshman Kelly Farris had 12 and Moore added 11 for UConn, which shot 60 percent from the floor and 62 percent from 3-point range.
UConn held the Spiders to 34 percent shooting, the 194th straight time the Huskies have held an opponent under 50 percent.
On Sunday, the Huskies will go for their 38th straight win and 13th straight title at an in-season tournament when they play Clemson. The Tigers are 1-1 in this tournament, losing 86-67 to Richmond on Friday and beating Hofstra 69-68 on Saturday.
UConn, which beat Hofstra 91-46 to give coach Geno Auriemma his 700th win, is in the middle of a seven-game home stand, which concludes with a Dec. 23 showdown against No. 2 Stanford.
