DALLAS -- Katie Lou Samuelson scored 23 points and top-ranked UConn wrapped up its fifth consecutive American Athletic Conference regular-season championship, using a 43-0 first-half run to rout SMU 80-36 on Saturday.
Nepheesa Collier added 16 points, Azura Stevens had 14 and Kia Nurse 13 for the Huskies (28-0, 15-0).
McKenzie Adams led SMU (10-18, 4-11) with 10 points.
Samuelson went into the game hitting 48.5 percent on 3-pointers and shot 5 for 8 behind the line. She played 22 minutes through third periods, sitting out the fourth.
SMU scored the first five points and led 12-6 late in the first quarter, the crowd erupting when the Mustangs' Klara Bradshaw blocked a layup attempt by Samuelson.