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- Gratz) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)The Associated PressMon, January 12, 2026 at 2:33 AM UTC·18 min readOMAHA, Neb.
- (AP) — Sarah Strong had 18 points, 13 rebounds, six assists and five steals and Blanca Quiñonez came off the bench to score 15 points as top-ranked UConn routed Creighton 95-54 on Sunday. The Huskies (17-0, 8-0 Big East) handed Creighton (7-9, 3-4) its most lopsided loss since a 44-point defeat to UConn two years ago. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAzzi Fudd had 14 points and five assists and Ashlynn Shade made four 3s for all 12 of her points. Freshman Ava Zediker had 21 of her 24 points in the second half and Kennedy Townsend added 13 for the Bluejays. UConn led Creighton’s annual Pink Out game 54-21 at half despite a bit of a sloppy start.
- The Huskies, who committed a season-low eight turnovers against St.
- John’s in their previous game, coughed it up eight times in the first quarter alone and finished with a season-high 21. Creighton played the Huskies on even terms through six minutes and then wilted when UConn turned up its full-court defense another notch.
- The Huskies outscored Creighton 28-4 over a stretch of the first and second quarters, with the Bluejays turning over the ball 15 times and missing seven shots while going more than eight minutes without a field goal. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementNO.
