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Women’s basketball roundup: Top-ranked UConn routs No. 23 Temple

Connecticut's Saniya Chong shoots over Temple's Safiya Martin, rear and Feyonda Fitzgerald during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Napheesa Collier scored a career high 31 points and top-ranked UConn routed No. 23 Temple 90-45 on Wednesday night to extend the programás record winning streak to 102 straight games.

Katie Lou Samuelson added 19 points for the Huskies (27-0, 14-0 American), who bounced back from a closer-than-expected three-point road win at Tulane on Saturday to clinch their fourth straight American Athletic Conference regular-season championship.

UConn led by 22 points at halftime and scored the first eight points of the second half.

Gabby Williams chipped in with 15 points, giving her 1,003 for her career. She’s the 43rd Husky to reach the 1,000-point milestone.

Williams picked up three first-quarter fouls, but Collier hit her first six shots from the floor and the Huskies led 23-11 after 10 minutes. The sophomore forward was 13 of 14 from the floor and pulled down 13 rebounds. It was her 11th double-double this season.

Feyonda Fitzgerald and Donnaizha Fountain each had 12 points for the Owls (21-6, 11-3) who lost for the first time in six games.

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Michigan State 73, PSU 64

EAST LANSING, Mich. — The lead was as large as 19 points for Penn State, but Michigan State outscored the Lady Lions by 23 points in the second half to escape with a win in a pivotal Big Ten Conference game.

The Lady Lions (18-9, 8-7 B1G) and Spartans (19-9, 9-6 B1G) entered the game in a four-way tie for the No. 4 spot in the Big Ten standings with the conference tournament starting on March 1 in Indianapolis. With the loss, Penn State sits in the No. 7 spot with 10 total games left to play in the conference slate.

Sophomore Teniya Page posted her 12th game with at least 20 points this season, ending the night with 23 tallies. In the process, she passed Mag Strittmatter (1975-78) for No. 38 on the all-time scoring list. Page now has 979 tallies, passing Strittmatter’s 975 career points.

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