BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) a Connecticut is headed back again to a familiar area a' the Final Four. Breanna Stewart scored 21 details and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis added 17 to greatly help top-seed UConn rout Kentucky 83-53 on Monday night and advance to an archive sixth-straight national semifinal. The Huskies can experience both Notre Dame or Duke in the nationwide semifinals on Sunday in New Orleans. Thursday night the Irish and Blue Devils play. A tie was broken by uconn ( 33-4 ) with Stanford (2008-12), LSU (2004-08) and it self (2000-04) by attaining the Final Four again. It was the second straight time that UConn beat Kentucky in the regional finals. The Huskies topped the Wildcats by 15 last year 105 miles to the north of Bridgeport in Kingston, R.I. That game wasn't as close. Kentucky remained close for the very first 10 minutes making use of their "40 minutes of dread" safety. Then UConn resulted in its defensive strength. The Huskies trailed 23-22 with just 9 minutes left in the very first half. That is when Stewart a' honored as the outstanding player of the Bridgeport Regional a and UConn's "no-name" defense took over letting three points the rest of the half. Kentucky missed 13 of its final 14 images in the half with the only make when Jelleah Sidney banked in a 3-pointer from the side coming. While UConn was playing lockdown security, Stewart was owning on the end. The 6-foot-4 star, who was simply the national senior school player of the entire year last year, scored seven points and had a horrible two-handed stop throughout that final run. After Sidney's 3-pointer, Stewart comfortably converted a three-point play on the other end. UConn brought 48-26 at the half. Kentucky couldn't get within 20 in the next half. The loudest cheer of the night from the sellout crowd of almost 8,600 came once the video board revealed features of Louisville's upset win over Baylor on Sunday night. UConn's only losses in 2013 came to Baylor and 3 x to Notre Dame. Stewart did not play well in many of these deficits, but actually has arrived her sport up in the last couple of weeks. After fighting through the middle part of the time, points have been averaged 16.4 by the heralded first-year since the start of the Big East tournament. It's been a silly season for UConn, which for the very first time in 19 years did not gain both the Big East frequent season or tournament title. Now the Huskies are two wins away from an eighth national championship. This was the 19th amount of time in days gone by 23 times that UConn had reached the final. The Final Four 14 times have been made by them over all, such as the last six. None of the regional final games during this work have now been shut with only Rutgers coming within 10 in 2008. UConn's cause expanded to 36 items in the second half of this game. If the final buzzer sounded Mosqueda-Lewis jumped into the hands of Stewart to celebrate. Coach Geno Auriemma got a gritty effort out of junior center Stefanie Dolson, who includes a stress fracture in her right foot and a wounded left foot as well. Her right one on a brace was worn by her on her left knee and a compression sock. While she only won two points, she had 11 boards and four assists. The loss taken to a detailed a record year for the Wildcats (30-5). Kentucky had probably the most advantages in school history. Not harmful to a school full of hockey custom on the men's side. Still coach Matthew Mitchell was left searching for the school's first day at the Ultimate Four. The Wildcats have reached the regional finals in three of those years falling quick each time and created the NCAA tournament in each of days gone by four seasons. Elderly A'dia Mathies, the two-time SEC player of the year, had a quiet game score only 14 points with 11 of these to arrive the second half. Kastine Evans, who hit the big 3-pointer to greatly help defeat Delaware in the regional semifinals had only two points on 1 of 9 shooting. Her older brother R.J., who performed on the UConn's men's basketball team this year, sat behind the Wildcats table in a Kentucky top. The Huskies have won 43 of these past 44 NCAA activities in the state of Connecticut, including planning 9-1 in Bridgeport. The only imperfection got against Duke in 2006 in the final. Com Follow Doug on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/dougfeinberg
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