Postseason Central

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored 27 points to help top seeded UConn beat seventh seeded Dayton, 91-70, Monday night at the Times Union Center. The Huskies advanced to the national semifinals for an eighth straight season with the win.

Trailing at the half for the first time in two seasons, UConn scored the first nine points of the second half during a 15-3 run to take a 58-47 lead with 13:56 left.

A little more than a minute later, Mosqueda-Lewis hit her fifth 3-pointer of the game giving her 393 in her career to break the NCAA record for 3-pointers. The senior broke the 3-point mark held by Laurie Koehn of Kansas State and Heather Butler of UT-Martin. They both hit 392.

UCONN advances to their 8th straight Final Four as Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis breaks the NCAA record for 3pt FGs as she hits 7 from long range tonight

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Mar 30, 2015 at 6:37pm PDT

Dayton (28-7) couldn't get within seven the rest of the way thanks in part to Mosqueda-Lewis, who finished the game with seven 3-pointers.  The Flyers shot 51-percent (18-for-35) in the first half and just 37-percent (10-for-27) in the second.

Breanna Stewart added 23 points and 16 rebounds while Morgan Tuck had 23 points for the Huskies (36-1). Stewart was selected as the Most Outstanding Player of the region. Ally Malott scored 14 points to lead Dayton.

The Huskies will play No. 1 seed Maryland in the national semifinals Sunday night at 8:30 p.m. ET (ESPN).