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UConn women claim 4th straight championship

Connecticut's women's basketball team capped off a historic season with an 82-51 win over Syracuse in the championship game of the 2016 NCAA tournament on Tuesday night.

The Huskies won by 31 points despite giving up a 16-0 run in the third quarter to the Orange. They were also without their top 3-point shooter, freshman Katie Lou Samuleson, who injured her foot in the semifinal against Oregon State.

UConn simply put together the most dominant season in college basketball history, led by the most decorated player in the history of the sport in Breanna Stewart.

The Huskies finished 38-0 and won those games by an average margin of 39.