UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- UConn might no longer dominate all of college basketball, but it will end its tenure in the American Athletic Conference as the undisputed champion.
Megan Walker scored 26 points and Christyn Williams added 22 to lead No 5 Connecticut over Cincinnati 87-53 in the conference tournament title game on Monday night, finishing off a perfect run for the Huskies over their seven years in the AAC.
UConn went 139-0 in the American after it was formed in 2013, winning all but two games by double digits. The Huskies are leaving the AAC at the end of the postseason to rejoin the Big East.
"We don't expect to win every game," UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. "We're not arrogant thinking that we deserve to win every game. We just prepare to win every game."
The Huskies, who also have won all seven AAC regular-season titles, kept their celebration subdued after the final buzzer sounded, trading hugs and dousing each other with confetti from drink buckets.
"We wanted to get it done for our coach and the people who came before us," said Walker, who was honored as the tournament's most outstanding player. "It's something that we do. It's understood."
Angel Rizor scored 16 points, Antoinette Miller added 15 and IImar'I Thomas chipped in with 14 for third-seeded Cincinnati (22-10), which had upset 2-seed UCF in the conference semifinals.
Williams hit a layup nine seconds into the game, and the Huskies led wire-to-wire. Rizor kept the Bearcats close in the first 10 minutes, scoring 10 of the team's 15 points.
UConn led just 19-15 after one period but opened the second quarter on a 13-3 run and shot 65% from the floor in the frame (13-of-20) to take control of the game.
A steal and layup by Williams sent the Huskies into halftime with a 48-26 lead. She and Walker each had 15 points in the first half.
UConn outscored the Bearcats 23-16 in the third quarter and went into the fourth with an insurmountable 71-42 advantage after a putback by Crystal Dangerfield at the buzzer.
Dangerfield finished with 14 points, and Olivia Nelson-Ododa had her eighth double-double of the season with 11 points and 11 rebounds. She also blocked four shots.
The Huskies won their 139 conference games by an average of more than 34 points and their seven title games by an average of almost 27 points.