A 31-0 run, rout of Syracuse marked an 'unbelievable' chapter of UConn women's NCAA history

Storrs — UConn coach Geno Auriemma recalls that perhaps the best half of basketball he’s ever seen from his women’s basketball team came during the 2016 NCAA Tournament against Mississippi State in Bridgeport. UConn, which would win the national championship that year, led 61-12 at halftime on the way to a 93-38 victory in the Sweet 16 round. “With Stewie (Breanna Stewart) and (Morgan) Tuck and Moriah (Jefferson),” Auriemma was saying Monday night at Gampel Pavilion. “It was pretty unbelievable. I think we scored 70 points or something like that in the first half and that everybody was playing at a really, really high level and that don’t happen very...