Canada's Aaliyah Edwards scores career-high 28 points as UConn cruises past Vermont
cbc.caCanada's Aaliyah Edwards scored a career-high 28 points, Dorka Juhasz added a double-double and No. 2 seed UConn routed 15th seed Vermont 95-52 on Saturday, giving the Huskies a 29th straight win in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.
Juhasz scored 15 points and pulled down 10 rebounds, the Hungarian's 13th double-double this season for the seventh-ranked Huskies.
Catherine Gilwee scored 14 points, while Emma Utterback and Maria Myklebust each had 13 for Vermont (25-7), which had its 17-game winning streak snapped.
UConn will play No. 7 seed Baylor on Monday. The Bears came back from an 18-point first quarter deficit to beat Alabama 78-74 on Saturday night. WATCH | Edwards on her Canadian support and inspiration: This was the fourth straight game the Huskies have had 10 available players, after spending much of the season with just seven.
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