No. 3 Oregon victorious at No. 4 UConn

Kelly Graves and Oregon made history, handing UConn one of its worst home losses under coach Geno Auriemma.

Ruthy Hebard had 22 points and 12 rebounds as No. 3 Oregon rolled past the fourthranked Huskies 7456 on Monday night, UConn’s first loss on campus in seven years.

UConn (192) had never had a defeat this bad in Gampel Pavilion, which opened in 1990.

“It means a lot. This is hallowed ground, so to speak,” Oregon coach Graves said of the win.

It was UConn’s worst home loss on any court since Dec. 5, 2005, when North Carolina beat the Huskies by 23 points in Hartford, their other home.

“They came in here and did something that very few people have been able to do,” Auriemma said. “In that first quarter it was evident that physically we couldn’t match up with them tonight, plain and simple.”

Sabrina Ionescu added 10 points, nine rebounds and nine assists for the Ducks (202).

Other games: Freshman Rickea Jackson had a career-high 24 points, and No. 8 Mississippi State (20-3, 8-1 SEC) ran past visiting Georgia 67-53. Georgia (12-10, 3-6) lost leading scorer Gabby Connally in the first half with a cut on her eye after a collision with Mississippi State’s Jordan Danberry. Connally got stitches at a hospital . ... South Carolina retained its grip on the top spot in the Associated Press women’s poll, getting 26 of the 30 first-place media votes. Baylor remained No. 2, getting three first-place votes. Oregon, UConn, Louisville and Stanford followed.