Huskies’ Streak Ends at 30

Another basketball winning streak came crashing down at Notre Dame.

Responding to the largest home crowd in school history (11,418), No. 3 Notre Dame beat No. 1 Connecticut, 92-76, Monday at South Bend, Ind., to end the Huskies’ 30-game win streak.

The Irish played almost perfectly in the same building where the Notre Dame men ended UCLA’s 88-game win streak with a 71-70 victory on Jan. 19, 1974.

“I’m still kind of shocked,” said Notre Dame guard Niele Ivey. “I think someone hit me upside my head or something.”

Ruth Riley had 29 points and 12 rebounds for Notre Dame, which is 17-0 overall and 6-0 in the Big East Conference.

Connecticut (13-1, 4-1) missed six of its first seven shots and never led in losing for the first time since Feb. 2, 2000, against Tennessee.

No. 20 Clemson 87, No. 25 Virginia 71--Clemson (13-4, 4-2) ended its five-game losing streak to Virginia (12-6, 4-2) with the win in an Atlantic Coast Conference game at Charlottesville, Va.