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Wednesday, Jan. 12 7:30pm ET
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STORRS, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma didn't need a crystal ball to know who would have big games against West Virginia. His pregame prediction of Swin Cash and Asjha Jones was on the mark.
The sophomore forwards combined for 26 points and 13 rebounds as the top-ranked Huskies beat overmatched West Virginia 75-35 on Wednesday night. Cash and Jones, said Auriemma, didn't have their best day in Connecticut's victory Saturday over No. 2 Tennessee. They each finished with six points and combined for only five rebounds. "I think both of them felt like they played less than how they wanted to play on Saturday," he said. Cash also was rebounding from a cold and root canal work on Monday. "She's finally starting to get healthy," Auriemma said. Cash had eight points in Connecticut's opening 10-0 run in a contest that pitted the best shooting team in the league against the worst. She also had three of Connecticut's 12 steals. "You want to build on every win and pretty much that's what we tried to do coming into this game," she said. Connecticut (13-0, 3-0 Big East) shoots 53 percent from the field to West Virginia's 39. The Mountaineers (5-9, 0-4) shot just 21 percent in the loss and were outrebounded 50-30. Paige Sauer led the Huskies with 13 rebounds, pulling down a dozen on the defensive end. West Virginia coach Alexis Basil said her squad had jitters coming into Storrs. "We rushed our shots because we were nervous and that takes its toll," Basil said. The Huskies, who shot 51 percent for the game, led 39-11 at halftime. Connecticut outscored West Virginia 54-4 inside and had 25 points on 20 turnovers. Darya Kudrayvtseva, a childhood teammate of Connecticut All-American Svetlana Abrosimova, led the Mountaineers with eight points. It was the first time the Russians had seen each other in nearly three years, and despite the lopsided score, their reunion was a happy one. "I told her how much I appreciated her effort and for what she represents to Russia," Kudrayvtseva said. Abrosimova finished with 10 points. | ALSO SEE Womens College Basketball Scoreboard
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