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UConn completes its seventh and final perfect regular season in AAC play with a rout of South Florida

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Dangerfield's fake pays off for sweet lay-in (0:34)

Crystal Dangerfield passes it off to Olivia Nelson-Ododa from the top of the arc and then cuts to the rim, where Nelson-Ododa finds her with a bounce pass that results in two. (0:34)

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Megan Walker scored 23 points and No. 5 UConn completed its seventh consecutive undefeated American Athletic Conference regular season with an 80-39 rout of South Florida on Monday night.

It was the final regular-season game as a member of the AAC for the Huskies, who are moving back to the Big East for the 2020-21 season.

Crystal Dangerfield, Christyn Williams and Aubrey Griffin each added 13 points for the Huskies (26-3, 16-0), who improved to 136-0 against AAC opponents, including all six conference tournaments. They open play in this season's tournament Saturday, in the familiar position as the top seed.

Sydni Harvey had 16 points for South Florida (18-12, 10-6), which had won three straight.

The Huskies never trailed South Florida and put the game away early, jumping out to a 22-4 lead behind 10 first-quarter points from Walker.

A three-point play by Crystal Dangerfield highlighted a 19-0 run in the second quarter and gave the Huskies their first 30-plus-point lead at 42-10. A 3-pointer by Anna Makurat put the Huskies up 53-14 at the half.

The Bulls had more turnovers (15) than points before intermission and ended the half with just four baskets on 30 shots.

UConn has never lost to South Florida, improving to 31-0 in the teams' final scheduled meeting. They beat the Bulls by 20 points in Florida on Feb. 16.

The Huskies closed their AAC regular-season history with a 118-0 mark. According to ESPN's Stats & Information research, that is the second-longest league regular-season win streak in Division I history.

The record is held by Texas, which racked up 124 straight victories in the now-defunct Southwest Conference from 1981-1990.