Two-time defending national champion Connecticut came out Friday night looking to make a statement that it still is the team to beat in the Big East. St. John’s had an answer: maybe not. The 12th-ranked Red Storm came back from a 14-point first-half deficit and again had enough down the stretch to record their 10th straight victory.

For the first time in nearly two decades, the UConn women’s basketball team was defeated by longtime rival Tennessee 80-76 at Food City Center on Thursday night. The No. 5 Huskies fell behind by as many as nine points after allowing a 13-0 run out of halftime,

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