Nov. 29, 2006

Final Stats

STORRS, Conn. (AP) -- Doug Wiggins and Craig Austrie each scored 12 points to help No. 20 Connecticut defeat Sacred Heart 89-46 on Wednesday night, extending the Huskies home-winning streak to 25 games.

Five minutes into the game, the teams were tied 7-7. UConn (6-0) then went on a 12-0 run and never looked back.

Jerome Dyson capped a 15-2 run later in the half with a steal and three-point play over Luke Granato to make the score 38-15. Granato went up to block a dunk only to commit a foul as Dyson hung in the air and hit the layup. He also converted the free throw.

The Huskies extended that lead to 45-19 at the half.

Austrie hit four 3-pointers, and was one of four Husky guards in double figures.

Dyson scored 11 points, despite hitting just three of his 12 shots. A.J. Price also had 11.

UConn used a suffocating man-to-man defense to hold Sacred Heart to 30 percent shooting from the field. The Pioneers (2-4) made just 6 of 21 from beyond the arc.

UConn also dominated close to the basket, outscoring Sacred Heart 50 to 22 in the paint, and scoring 25 points off 20 Pioneer turnovers. The Huskies shot 54 percent from the floor.

Granato and Jarrid Frye, who came into the game averaging 14 and 12 points per game, were held to six and eight. Ryan Litke led the Pioneers with nine points.

UConn finishes the instate portion of its schedule at 3-0. The Huskies beat Quinnipiac 53-46 to open the season, and blew out Fairfield 74-49 in the Hispanic College Fund Classic. They have won 61 straight games against schools from Connecticut.

The Huskies were one of eight Division I schools to go undefeated at home last season and are now 106-15 all-time at Gampel Pavilion since it opened in 1990, including 49-4 against nonconference opponents.

UConn has won all five of its games against Sacred Heart (2-4) -- all at home -- since the series began in 2000.

This season, UConn doesn't play a road game until Dec. 30, when it opens the Big East season at West Virginia.