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Auriemma wins 1000th game as No. 1 UConn beats Oklahoma
Staff and Wire Reports
UNCASVILLE, Conn.
— Unlike several other excursions to Connecticul, the Sooners did not get blown clean off the floor.
Coming off two big and important home-court victories, Oklahoma did not take a step backward Tuesday night.
Also, the Sooners couldn’t keep Geno Auriemma from his 1000th victory as top-ranked UConn beat OU 88-64 in the Hall of Fame women’s Holiday Showcase.
Auriemma became the fourth women’s coach to reach the 1,000-win mark, joining Pat Summitt, Tara VanDerveer and Sylvia Hatchell, who earned her milestone victory earlier Tuesday. Mike Krzyzewski is the only men’s coach to have won 1,000 games.
He is the fastest to achieve the mark, doing so in his 1,135th game. The Hall of Fame coach has gone 500-36 since winning his 500th game in 2003. That includes winning 100 of his last 101 contests.
Sitting by Auriemma’s side for the 1,000 wins has been associate head coach Chris Dailey. She’s been with Auriemma since he took over at UConn in 1985. Dailey led the Huskies to seven of those victories while filling in as head coach.
As the final buzzer sounded, the Huskies dumped Gatorade buckets full of confetti on Auriemma and Dailey. Fake $1,000 bills dropped from the ceiling with Auriemma and Dailey’s pictures on them.
“Wow coach, 1000 wins!!!! You have created and are continuing to create an untouchable legacy in the world of sports, let alone basketball,” Breanna Stewart, who won 151 games at UConn, told The Associated Press in a text. “We set the bar high at UConn and you have continued to do that. I’m so happy to say that I am a part of your 1,000 wins!”
UConn (9-0) led 48-33 at the break before OU (5-6) cut its deficit to seven midway through the third quarter, shocking the crowd. The Huskies responded with a 13-3 run to close the period that was capped by a steal off an inbounds play for a layup by Katie Lou Samuelson to give UConn a 64-47 advantage headed into the fourth quarter. Napheesa Collier, who scored 21 points to lead the Huskies, had seven of them during the spurt.
The Sooners got 15 points from Maddie Manning, 14 from Vionise Pierre-Louis and 11 from Gabbi Ortiz.
Gileysa Penzo, who had piled up 17 assists in OU’s previous two games, struggled against a much more athletic roster than South Florida or New Mexico offered, finishing with two assists against six turnovers.
OU coach Sherri Coale departed pleased.
“I think [this game] helps us for the rest of the season because you have to be on the floor with [UConn] to understand this level, both in terms of intensity and execution,” she said. “I did not think we were intimidated. I thought we played really hard. I thought we did good things and had success with things.”
Noteworthy This was the second time that the Sooners were facing a coach going for a 1,000th victory. Oklahoma beat Tennessee in Pat Summitt’s first attempt at 1,000 … The Huskies have never lost to OU in 11 meetings. The two teams hadn’t played since 2012 until Tuesday night. ... Auriemma has gone 246-62 (.798) against ranked teams in his career.
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The Sooners host No. 8 Texas on Dec. 28 to open Big 12 play.
Staff and Wire Reports
UNCASVILLE, Conn.
— Unlike several other excursions to Connecticul, the Sooners did not get blown clean off the floor.
Coming off two big and important home-court victories, Oklahoma did not take a step backward Tuesday night.
Also, the Sooners couldn’t keep Geno Auriemma from his 1000th victory as top-ranked UConn beat OU 88-64 in the Hall of Fame women’s Holiday Showcase.
Auriemma became the fourth women’s coach to reach the 1,000-win mark, joining Pat Summitt, Tara VanDerveer and Sylvia Hatchell, who earned her milestone victory earlier Tuesday. Mike Krzyzewski is the only men’s coach to have won 1,000 games.
He is the fastest to achieve the mark, doing so in his 1,135th game. The Hall of Fame coach has gone 500-36 since winning his 500th game in 2003. That includes winning 100 of his last 101 contests.
Sitting by Auriemma’s side for the 1,000 wins has been associate head coach Chris Dailey. She’s been with Auriemma since he took over at UConn in 1985. Dailey led the Huskies to seven of those victories while filling in as head coach.
As the final buzzer sounded, the Huskies dumped Gatorade buckets full of confetti on Auriemma and Dailey. Fake $1,000 bills dropped from the ceiling with Auriemma and Dailey’s pictures on them.
“Wow coach, 1000 wins!!!! You have created and are continuing to create an untouchable legacy in the world of sports, let alone basketball,” Breanna Stewart, who won 151 games at UConn, told The Associated Press in a text. “We set the bar high at UConn and you have continued to do that. I’m so happy to say that I am a part of your 1,000 wins!”
UConn (9-0) led 48-33 at the break before OU (5-6) cut its deficit to seven midway through the third quarter, shocking the crowd. The Huskies responded with a 13-3 run to close the period that was capped by a steal off an inbounds play for a layup by Katie Lou Samuelson to give UConn a 64-47 advantage headed into the fourth quarter. Napheesa Collier, who scored 21 points to lead the Huskies, had seven of them during the spurt.
The Sooners got 15 points from Maddie Manning, 14 from Vionise Pierre-Louis and 11 from Gabbi Ortiz.
Gileysa Penzo, who had piled up 17 assists in OU’s previous two games, struggled against a much more athletic roster than South Florida or New Mexico offered, finishing with two assists against six turnovers.
OU coach Sherri Coale departed pleased.
“I think [this game] helps us for the rest of the season because you have to be on the floor with [UConn] to understand this level, both in terms of intensity and execution,” she said. “I did not think we were intimidated. I thought we played really hard. I thought we did good things and had success with things.”
Noteworthy This was the second time that the Sooners were facing a coach going for a 1,000th victory. Oklahoma beat Tennessee in Pat Summitt’s first attempt at 1,000 … The Huskies have never lost to OU in 11 meetings. The two teams hadn’t played since 2012 until Tuesday night. ... Auriemma has gone 246-62 (.798) against ranked teams in his career.
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The Sooners host No. 8 Texas on Dec. 28 to open Big 12 play.
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