No. 5 UConn, without Auriemma, （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域s Xavier for 6th straight
CINCINNATI (AP) - Aubrey Griffin 得点する／非難する／２０d 19 points and 傷害-riddled UConn, playing without coach Geno Auriemma 予定 to illness, （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Xavier 73-37 on Thursday night for its sixth straight victory.
Dorka Juhasz 追加するd 18 points for the fifth-階級d Huskies (13-2, 6-0 Big East), who finished the game with only seven 利用できる players when 今後 Aaliyah Edwards 支えるd a foot 傷害 in the first half and did not return after halftime.
"We had enough people to finish the game, so that´s a good 調印する," said associate 長，率いる coach Chris Dailey, who's filling in for Auriemma. "We´ve tried 宗教上の water. We´ve tried 下落する 燃やすing. 非，不，無 of them seem to work. It´s just something we have to を取り引きする. Whoever we have, we feel like we have enough."
Edwards has 得点する／非難する／２０d 20 or more points in seven games this season. She finished with four points and three 補助装置s on Thursday.
"She tweaked her ankle," Dailey said. "We won't know anything until tomorrow."
Lou Lopez Senechal had 15 points for UConn, which has been 階級d in the AP 投票 for 554 straight weeks.
UConn has been beset with 傷害s and illness this season. Former 国家の player of the year Paige Bueckers and freshman Ice Brady are out for the season with 膝 傷害s.
主要な scorer Azzi Fudd is 推定する／予想するd to return すぐに from a 膝 傷害 that has kept her on the （法廷の）裁判 since 早期に December. She 参加するd in warmups on Thursday as part of her rehab.
Fudd has 行方不明になるd eight games since 負傷させるing her 膝 against Notre Dame on Dec. 4.
Guard Caroline Ducharme 行方不明になるd her second 連続した game in concussion 議定書.
Only three Huskies players have played i n every game this season.
"We´d rather go through this now and be at 十分な strength in February and March," Dailey said. "Certainly looking at that as a 肯定的な."
It was the fourth game Auriemma 行方不明になるd this season 予定 to illness. The Hall of Fame coach also sat out Tuesday´s 勝利，勝つ at Butler. The school didn´t 解放（する） a 時刻表／予定表 for his return.
Dailey, who has been on Auriemma's staff since 1985, is 17-0 when filling in for him.
"It´s been an 極端に difficult month for me, and I´ve been feeling under the 天候 and run 負かす／撃墜する," Auriemma said in a 声明. "I thought I was ready to return, but I need a little more time. I´m going to take a step 支援する to 焦点（を合わせる） on my health and will return when I feel ready."
His 91-year-old mother, Marsiella Auriemma, died on Dec. 8.
"Not having Coach isn't good, we 行方不明になる him a lot," Juhasz said. "But his health is the No. 1 優先. Having CD has been really good. She's 準備するing us really 井戸／弁護士席. We're in good 手渡すs."
UConn had a sloppy start but rolled after that.
Griffin had nine points, five 回復するs and two steals in the first ４半期/4分の1 as the Huskies built a 19-5 lead.
UConn, which leads the nation in field goal 百分率, started the game 1 of 9, but finished the half 14 of 20 to take a 47-16 lead into halftime. Griffin 得点する／非難する／２０d 17 in the half.
Taylor Smith 得点する／非難する／２０d 13 points for Xavier (7-8, 0-6), which dropped its fifth straight.
"They just keep coming at you," said Musketeers coach Melanie Moore. "For us, we only had 13 turnovers and 軍隊d 22. The second half was 26-21 (UConn). It's small victories as we build our young program."
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UConn: Hosts DePaul on Sunday.
Xavier: At No. 24 St. John's on Sunday.
