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SPORTS Saturday 11 January 2020
Baylor ends No. 1 UConn's

98-game home win streak

By DOUG FEINBERG "It hurts because that spans change and I was a ge-
AP Basketball Writer from three other teams," nius."
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — UConn senior guard Crystal UConn (12-1) didn't score a
Kim Mulkey and Baylor are Dangerfield said. basket after Williams' jump-
making a habit of ending It was the worst home loss er until Dangerfield hit a
UConn's streaks. since Dec. 5, 2005, when 3-pointer in the final minute
Teá Cooper scored 27 UConn lost to North Caro- and the game decided.
points and No. 6 Baylor lina by 23 points. Williams had 21 points to
used a dominant fourth Baylor (12-1) led by three lead the Huskies.
quarter to beat top-ranked going into the fourth quar- This was UConn's first real
UConn 74-58 on Thursday ter and neither team could test of the season. Since
night, ending the Huskies' get much going on offense 2007, the Huskies (12-1)
98-game home winning in the first few minutes of have played at least one
streak. the final period. The Hus- team ranked in the top
It was the second consec- kies cut the deficit to one five before the New Year.
utive year that the Lady on Christyn Williams' jumper This season the only ranked
Bears ended a long UCo- with 6:36 left. Then the de- opponent before Thursday
nn run. Last season, Baylor fending national champi- that UConn has faced was
stopped the Huskies' 126- ons took over. then-No. 16 DePaul.
game regular-season win- The Lady Bears responded "You know we have a re-
ning streak. with the next 15 points to ally young team young in
"We just happen to be the put the game away. The terms of being able to play
team that beat them. Not run started on a layup by in this kind of game," UCo- Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma, left, is held back by as-
sociate head coach Chris Dailey, right, as he argues a call dur-
anymore than that. Streaks Lauren Cox and two bas- nn coach Geno Auriemma ing the first half of the team's NCAA college basketball game
are made to be broken," kets by Nalyssa Smith. Smith said. "They don't know how against Baylor, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, in Hartford, Conn.
Mulkey said. finished with 20 points and to play in this kind of game. Associated Press
UConn fell one victory short 12 rebounds. ... Fourth quarter we got
of tying its own NCAA re- "We went on a run and they four stops in a row and we ment over Thanksgiving to break.
cord of 99 in a row at home. just missed some shots," came out empty handed then-No. 5 South Carolina. The Lady Bears extended
The Huskies previous loss at Mulkey said. ""We didn't do in all four possessions. Had Baylor was up 33-25 late in that lead to 55-52 after
home came in the Big East anything differently in the we scored in three of those the second quarter when three quarters. The Huskies
final against Notre Dame fourth quarter. Fatigue set possessions, we might have UConn coach Geno Au- had a chance to make
on March 12, 2013. The in, or our defense was that won the game." riemma called a timeout. it a one-point game, but
defeat on Thursday was good in the fourth quarter. While UConn hadn't been The Huskies responded by Walker missed a layup with
the worst for UConn since We're going to guard you tested this season until this scoring the next nine points a few seconds left. Auriem-
a 23-point defeat to LSU man. Don't think there was game, Baylor suffered its before Baylor hit the last ma slammed the scorers
in the regional final of the any secret about that. I'd only loss of the season in basket before the half to table with both hands in
2007 NCAA Tournament. like to tell you we made a the Paradise Jam Tourna- take a 35-34 lead into the disgust after she missed it.q

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Several sports books, how- The XFL did not respond game in April. It has fran-
ever, say they have asked to numerous phone and chises in Dallas, Houston,
New Jersey for permission email messages seeking Los Angeles, New York, St.
to offer XFL bets. comment this week. Louis, Seattle, Tampa Bay
Delaware has decided not But on Monday it an- and Washington.
to authorize XFL bets, at nounced a deal with Lon- No one expects the XFL
least to start the season. don-based Genius Sports to generate the amount
"As of now, we're kind of to monitor betting activity of bets that the NFL does.
reticent to jump into that on XFL games and warn of A more likely comparison
because some of the rules any suspicious activity. might be last year's ill-fated
are kind of crazy," said Ver- "Sports betting is growing Alliance of American Foot-
non Kirk, director of the Del- rapidly in the U.S. and we ball (AAF), which folded
aware Lottery. He said the are gearing up to be a before completing its inau-
state's risk managers decid- good citizen and thought- gural season.
ed XFL play will be too un- ful participant in the mar- Numerous sports books ex-
predictable, but left open ketplace," Jeffrey Pollack, pect to offer action on the In this Nov. 18, 2019, file photo, patrons visit the sports betting
the possibility of reversing the XFL's president and league once state regula- area of Twin River Casino in Lincoln, R.I.
that stance as the season chief operating officer, said tors approve, but are mod- Associated Press
progresses. in a press release. "Our al- est in their expectations of
The XFL's rules differ from liance with Genius Sports is the money it will generate. ficer of Rush Street Inter- Eichner, a spokesman for
the NFL's in several ways, in- an important first step and "Looking back at last year's active, which operates PointsBet. "NFL games obvi-
cluding the option to seek foundational element." eight weeks with the AAF, BetRivers.com and Play- ously generate the majority
1, 2 or 3 points from the 2, 5 After a one-and-done sea- we saw that there was Sugarhouse.com as well as of action for U.S. operators,
or 10-yard line after scoring son in 2001, the league some interest in betting on retail sportsbooks in Penn- so given the American ap-
a touchdown. The XFL will owned by World Wrestling football in the early spring, sylvania, Indiana and New petite for football, we ex-
also allow a team to throw Entertainment president but it is of course not com- York. "I think we can expect pect a reasonable turnover
two forward passes on the Vince McMahon will try parable to the NFL or col- similar numbers for the XFL." for XFL. Not comparable
same play as long as both again starting Feb. 8. lege football," said Mattias "We have solid hopes to NFL, but it still should be
happen behind the line of The eight-team league Stetz, chief operating of- for the XFL," said Patrick decent."q