UConn romps to Dayton matchup

Huskies dismantle Texas; regional final Monday in Albany.

Geno Auriemma reached another milestone in record fashion.

The Hall of Famer became the second coach to achieve 100 victories in the NCAA Tournament as his UConn Huskies pulled off a record rout of Texas, 105-54, Saturday in an Albany Regional semifinal.

Auriemma joined Pat Summitt, who finished with 112 victories in her career, as the only two coaches in men’s or women’s basketball to reach that milestone.

“That’s lots of wins, 100 wins in the NCAA Tournament,” Auriemma said. “Some people don’t get to play in the NCAA Tournament ever or play a couple games. We’ve been pretty fortunate. We didn’t win anything in the NCAA in our first couple years.”

The Huskies (35-1) stand three victories away from a third straight national championship and 10th overall. UConn will face Dayton in the regional final Monday night after the seventh-seeded Flyers upset Louisville 82-66.

UConn’s junior star, Breanna Stewart, had 31 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists. All five Huskies starters scored in double figures.

SPOKANE REGIONAL

Tennessee 73, Gonzaga 69 (OT):

The secondseeded Volunteers (30-5) rallied from a 57-40 deficit with 6 ½ minutes left in regulation to edge the No. 11 seed Bulldogs (26-8).

Tennessee scored all of its points from the freethrow line in the overtime, going 10-for-10. Cierra Burdick (22 points, 15 rebounds) and Jordan Reynolds (11 points) each went 4-for-4.

Maryland 65, Duke 55:

Shatori Walker-Kimbrough scored 18 of her 24 points in the second half, Laurin Mincy scored all 15 of her points in the first half, and the topseeded Terrapins (33-2) advanced to the regional final against Tennessee Monday with a win over the fourth-seeded Blue Devils (23-11).

The Terrapins had lost eight of their previous 10 games against Duke, but Maryland is 2-0 against its former ACC foe in the NCAA Tournament.

Elizabeth Williams led Duke with 18 points and nine rebounds.