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Pitt latest to fall to UConn

– The incredible numbers keep adding up for No. 1 Connecticut, yet the Huskies only have one single goal in mind – raising the national championship trophy at the end of the season.

Tina Charles scored 24 points to become the sixth Connecticut player to reach 2,000 points in her career and the top-ranked Huskies coasted to their 60th consecutive victory, beating overwhelmed Pittsburgh 98-56 on Saturday.

“They all know what the goal is and what the final destination is,” Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma said, referring to winning a seventh national title. “(There’s) no streak talk, no numbers talk, no nothing. Let’s get better.”

Maya Moore, part of the inside-outside combination with Charles that has made these Huskies (21-0, 8-0 in Big East) one of the best teams in UConn’s wildly successful history, added 22 points.

Connecticut, 10 victories away from matching its own NCAA women’s record of 70 consecutive wins set in 2001-03, opened leads of 15-4 and 19-6 in the opening 5 1/2 minutes. After Pitt got to within eight points at 21-13, the Huskies went on a 14-2 run that made it 35-15 and erased any doubt whether this would be another Huskies romp.

“You’re watching a dynasty,” Pitt coach Agnus Berenato said. “They could break John Wooden’s record of 88-0” set by the UCLA men in the 1970s.

No. 2 STANFORD 83, ARIZONA 62: Nnemkadi Ogwumike scored eight of her 27 points during a 10-0 run to open the second half as the Cardinal won its 40th in a row at home.

Kayla Pedersen added 27 points and 13 rebounds for Stanford (19-1, 9-0 Pac-10).

No. 6 NEBRASKA 80, COLORADO 64: Kelsey Griffin scored 24 points in Boulder, Colo., as the Cornhuskers remained unbeaten.

Dominique Kelley matched her season high with 18 points for Nebraska (19-0, 6-0 Big 12), off to the best start of any Big 12 team since the conference’s inception in 1996-97.

Cory Montgomery and Yvonne Turner added 11 each for the Cornhuskers, who remain the only undefeated team besides top-ranked Connecticut.

No. 10 XAVIER 74, DAYTON 49: Katie Rutan scored 16 points, hitting five three-pointers, as the Musketeers (16-3, 6-0 Atlantic-10) won in Cincinnati to go undefeated in January for the first time.

No. 11 OKLAHOMA 70, TEXAS TECH 66: Danielle Robinson scored 26 points in Lubbock, Texas, including two free throws with 8.9 seconds left, to lead the Sooners (15-5, 5-2 Big 12), who have beaten the Red Raiders (13-7, 1-5) 10 times in a row.

No. 16 WEST VIRGINIA 72, LOUISVILLE 66: Vanessa House and Sarah Miles scored 17 points apiece in Morgantown, W.Va., to lead the Mountaineers (20-2, 7-1 Big East), who matched the best start in school history. The 1991-92 team also was 20-2.

No. 17 GEORGETOWN 59, RUTGERS 50: Sugar Rodgers scored 27 points in Washington to lead the Hoyas.

Rodgers came within two points of her career best and posted her highest total in Big East play three days after the Hoyas (18-3, 7-1 Big East) lost at Marquette to end a school-record 16-game winning streak.

NEW MEXICO 60, No. 20 TCU 53: Amy Beggin scored 19 points, and Eileen Weissmann added a career-high 17 as the Lobos won in Albuquerque, N.M.

Helena Sverrisdotter scored 14 to lead the Horned Frogs (15-5, 5-2 Mountain West), who shot just 17 of 57 (29.8 percent) from the field.

No. 24 GREEN BAY 78, VALPARAISO 54: Julie Wojta scored 14 points, and the host Phoenix used a 16-0 run to pull away.

Wisconsin-Green Bay (18-2, 7-2 Horizon) led 46-43 early in the second half before Wojta started the spurt with consecutive baskets.