UConn hammers Cincy
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01/07/2010 - Storrs, CT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Maya Moore scored 25 points and pulled down eight rebounds as top-ranked Connecticut pushed its winning streak to 53 games with an 83-51 blowout of Cincinnati at Gampel Pavilion.
Tina Charles added 17 points and Caroline Doty tallied 11 for the Huskies (14-0, 3-0 Big East), who have won each of those 53 consecutive games by double-digits, an NCAA record. Charles also had six of UConn's 11 blocked shots.
Shareese Ulis had 19 points and seven steals to lead Cincinnati (7-7, 0-2), which trailed by a hefty 52-26 margin at the half and never recovered.
The Huskies shot 60.7 percent (17-of-28) in the opening 20 minutes and 56.9 percent for the game.
Charles' 17 points moved her into seventh place on UConn's all-time scoring list, surpassing Svetlana Abrosimova's 1,865 career tally. Charles' current total is 1,877.
UConn point guard Tiffany Hayes sprained her left ankle early in the first half.
It was a homecoming of sorts for Bearcats coach Jamelle Elliott, a former player and assistant coach at UConn.
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LAS VEGAS , Sept. 28 - Two big match-ups of undefeated teams have fans salivating at the Week Four schedule in the NFL. The Chicago Bears stifling defense looks to provide a less than hospitable welcome to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday night in a battle of two 3-0 teams in the NFC conference. In the AFC, the San Diego Chargers (2-0) head to Maryland to face the surprising Baltimore Ravens (3-0) as both try to keep pace atop the conference standings. Betting Lines makers at MySportsbook.com, online sportsbook and casino, have set the Bears as 3.5 point favorites while the Chargers are a 2.5 point bet.
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Six teams enter the week still looking for their first win, with a seventh, Tampa Bay, on a bye week. The prospect of dropping another game would not bode well for a potential playoff run. Since 1990, just three teams -- the 1992 Chargers, 1995 Detroit Lions and 1998 Buffalo Bills -- have overcome losing their first three games of the season to earn a postseason berth. And only the Chargers managed to accomplish the feat after starting 0-4.
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