PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer could think of only one way to describe Epiphanny Prince's night against No. 1 Connecticut.

"I don't think her game was anything less than spectacular," Stringer said.

Prince scored 27 of her career-high 33 points in the second half and No. 7 Rutgers handed Connecticut its first loss of the season, 73-71, last night.

Kia Vaughn added 14 points and Matee Ajavon had 13 for Rutgers (19-3, 9-1 Big East), which snapped Connecticut's 34-game regular season winning streak.

Renee Montgomery scored 24 points and Tina Charles added 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead Connecticut (21-1, 8-1). The Huskies, who were the last unbeaten women's team in Division I basketball, last lost in the regular season to North Carolina on Jan. 15, 2007.

"We lost our composure," Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma said. "Plain and simple we played dumb at times."

With the game tied at 61 with 4:17 left, Essence Carson hit two free throws and Ajavon hit a 3-pointer to give Rutgers a 66-61 lead with 2:50 left. After Montgomery scored a layup to cut the deficit to three, Prince answered with a jumper.

Montgomery missed a 3-pointer on the other end and Connecticut was forced to foul Prince, who hit both free throws to give Rutgers a 70-63 lead with 1:42 left.

Connecticut refused to go away as Maya Moore hit consecutive 3-pointers to cut the deficit to 72-69 with 58 seconds left. After Rutgers turned the ball over on a shot clock violation, Connecticut had one last chance, but turned the ball over on the inbounds.

Carson hit one of two free throws with 6.9 seconds left to seal the win.

"It means a lot to beat UConn," Prince said. "I tried to spark us a little bit with defense."

Montgomery scored 14 and Charles added 10 as the Huskies raced to a 33-24 halftime lead.

No. 17 Oklahoma State 77, No. 5 Baylor 67: Danielle Green scored 16 points and Maria Cordero added 15 points and 13 rebounds, helping the host Cowgirls (18-3, 6-2 Big 12) end the Lady Bears' (20-2, 8-1) 13-game winning streak.

No. 6 Stanford 96, Santa Clara 74: JJ Hones hit five of her team's season-best 13 3-pointers on the way to a career-high 20 points and the visiting Cardinal (20-3) raced to a 56-38 halftime lead in rolling to a non-conference victory over the Broncos (16-6).

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No. 6 Georgetown 63, South Florida 53: DuJuan Summers scored 24 points, including six during a 14-2 run to close the first half as the host Hoyas (19-2, 9-1 Big East) took a 27-24 lead and never trailed again in beating the Bulls (10-13, 1-9).