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Rutgers Upsets UConn

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The Associated Press

Published: February 6, 2008

PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Epiphanny Prince was too much for top-ranked Connecticut to handle.

Scoring inside and out, Prince took over in the second half, scoring 27 of her career-high 33 points as No. 7 Rutgers handed the undefeated Huskies their first loss, 73-71 on Tuesday night.

Prince was hard-pressed to come up with a better game in her career, even with a 113-point scoring effort in high school on her resume.

"It means a lot to beat UConn," the soft-spoken sophomore guard said. "I tried to spark us a little bit with defense."

With her team trailing by nine, Prince scored 11 straight points in the second half to give Rutgers its first lead since early in the game.

"I don't think her game was anything less than spectacular," Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer said. "She hit tough shots all night."
Kia Vaughn added 14 points and Matee Ajavon had 13 for Rutgers (19-3, 9-1 Big East), which snapped Connecticut's 34-game regular season winning streak.

Renee Montgomery scored 24 points and Tina Charles added 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead Connecticut (21-1, 8-1).

"We lost our composure," Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma said. "Plain and simple we played dumb at times."

OKLAHOMA STATE 77, BAYLOR 67: Danielle Green scored 16 points and Maria Cordero added 15 points and 13 rebounds as No. 17 Oklahoma State beat fifth-ranked Baylor to snap the Bears' 13-game winning streak.

On a poor shooting night by Big 12 scoring leader Andrea Riley, it was her teammates that did much of the damage during a 24-5 run at the end of the first half that sent the Cowgirls (18-3, 6-2 Big 12) into the break with a 39-26 lead.

Riley went 1-for-10 in the opening half, missing all six of her 3-point tries, but she contributed four steals and five assists to help her teammates.

Oklahoma State eventually expanded the lead to as much as 19, and Baylor (20-2, 8-1) was never able to get within single digits after halftime.

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