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Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma, right, is pulled back by associate head coach Chris Dailey, left, in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Georgetown in Storrs, Conn., Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Connecticut 80-38. …
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Georgetown's Rubylee Wright (3) has her shot blocked by Connecticut's Kiah Stokes in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Storrs, Conn., Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Connecticut won 80-38. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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No. 3 UConn women rout No. 14 Georgetown 80-38

Updated: Sunday, 12 Feb 2012, 4:06 PM EST
Published : Saturday, 11 Feb 2012, 6:59 PM EST

STORRS, Conn. (AP) - Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored 23 points and third-ranked Connecticut got its 99th consecutive home victory, beating No. 14 Georgetown 80-38 on Saturday.

Bria Hartley added 18 points for UConn (23-2, 11-1 Big East), which held the Hoyas to 25-percent shooting and 24 points below their season average.

Sugar Rodgers and Rubylee Wright each had 10 for Georgetown (19-6, 8-4), which lost for the first time in five games.

The Hoyas led 12-11 midway through the first half before UConn took over, outscoring the Hoyas 51-14 over the next 20 minutes.

Connecticut hasn't lost at home since the finals of the 2007 Big East tournament, and has won 51 consecutive regular-season conference games at home.

UConn used a 15-1 first-half run to take a 26-13 lead. The Huskies held the Hoyas without a field goal for almost 8 minutes, and punctuated the run with a layup by Stefanie Dolson through a hard foul by Adria Crawford.

The Huskies led 31-18 at halftime, and back-to-back 3-pointers from Kelly Faris and Caroline Doty stretched the lead to 37-20 less than 1 1/2 minutes into the second half. A three-point play by Hartley stretched the lead to 20 points, and a free throw by Faris put the Huskies up 30 with more than 12 minutes remaining.

Mosqueda-Lewis, who was just 9 for 39 over her previous three games, made 10 of 16 against the Hoyas. It was the freshman's sixth 20-point game of the season.

UConn improved to 178-57 against ranked opponents.

It was Connecticut's 27th consecutive win over Georgetown, a team UConn has beaten 44 times during their 50 meetings. UConn is the only Big East team that Georgetown coach Terri Williams-Flournoy has never beaten. She came close during their last meeting, a 68-63 loss in last year's NCAA regional semifinals.

Georgetown had won six of seven games coming in, allowing just 48.5 points a game during that span. The Hoyas' only loss came by three points to No. 20 Louisville on Jan. 22.

But they could not find an answer for UConn's defense. Rodgers was held almost 10 points below her season average.

Georgetown turned the ball over 21 times, while UConn had just 14 turnovers after giving the ball away 22 times in Wednesday's 10-point win at No. 20 Louisville.

The Huskies had been forcing an average of 21 turnovers a game, but had averaged almost 18 themselves over their last six contests, drawing the ire of head coach Geno Auriemma.

Dolson, Doty, Heather Buck, Kiah Stokes and Faris were among 346 UConn student athletes honored during a ceremony at halftime for achieving grade point averages of at least 3.0 during the fall semester.

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