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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 2941666, member: 5798"] In a rivalry game made only more bitter by last year’s Final Four, the second-ranked [URL='https://www.courant.com/topic/sports/basketball/uconn-womens-basketball-ORSPT000223-topic.html']UConn women[/URL]’s basketball team throttled No. 1 [URL='https://www.courant.com/topic/sports/college-sports/notre-dame-fighting-irish-ORSPT00000148-topic.html']Notre Dame[/URL] 89-71 inside Purcell Pavilion on Sunday to keep its regular season win streak alive. It may have been a regular season game without a championship on the line, but the [URL='https://www.courant.com/topic/sports/college-sports/uconn-huskies-ORSPT000004-topic.html']Huskies[/URL] and Fighting Irish came to play. After a heartbreaking overtime buzzer beater in the Final Four, the Huskies wanted this win more than most. And Notre Dame wanted to prove they’re the reigning national champions for a reason. [URL='https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-womens-basketball/hc-sp-uconn-notre-dame-game-story-20181202-story.html']No. 2 UConn women throttle No. 1 Notre Dame, 89-71, in Final Four rematch[/URL] UConn was able to get out to a quick start thanks to a huge first quarter from Williams. She scored 16 points in the first, oftentimes making crowd-silencing shots after the momentum seemed to swing Notre Dame’s way. With junior [URL='https://www.courant.com/topic/sports/basketball/crystal-dangerfield-PESPTF00592-topic.html']Crystal Dangerfield[/URL] and senior Katie Lou Samuelson missing nearly all of their shots, Williams’ performance kept the Huskies in the lead. At the end of the quarter they were up 27-22. [URL='http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=401090505'][Box score][/URL] [B]TIP IN - [/B]UConn Nation will sleep real good tonight!! ;) [/QUOTE]

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