STORRS, Conn. — It was a day of milestones for the Connecticut women's basketball team.

Tina Charles grabbed her 1,000th career rebound, Kalana Greene scored her 1,000th career point and the Huskies put up a school-record 69 points in the first half in routing Northeastern, 105-35, yesterday to begin defense of the program's sixth national championship.

Charles led the way with 26 points and 13 rebounds, and was one of six Huskies in double figures. UConn scored the game's first 28 points.

"It's a mindset," said Maya Moore, who finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds. "Just not to get caught up in the score, not to necessarily get caught up in the stats, but just to go out every possession and get a stop and get a great bucket on the other end and do that as many times until there is a time-out or a whistle or somebody stops you."

The team extended its winning streak to 40 games, its home winning streak to 40 games, and its regular-season winning streak to 39 games. UConn also has 116 consecutive wins against unranked non-conference opponents.

Tiffany Hayes had 14 points, Greene had 13, and Caroline Doty and Meghan Gardler each added 10 for Connecticut (1-0).

"I do not want my team thinking they are not a good team because they lost today," said Northeastern coach Daynia La-Force Mann. "I think they were more shocked that we, as a team, did not execute today."

Northeastern (0-1) hit just 19 percent of its shots, while UConn shot 60 percent from the field, and 68 percent in the first half.

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NO. 11 BUTLER 73, DAVIDSON 62

Gordon Hayward scored 17 points and Willie Veasley added 15 to lead host Butler (1-0) over Davidson (0-1).

The Bulldogs (1-0) rallied twice from 10-point deficits in the first half, then used a late run to seal it.

The Bulldogs closed the half on a 16-4 run and opened the second half with five straight points to make it 42-35.

Davidson rallied, taking a 58-56 lead with 9:37 to go. But that's when Butler answered with a decisive 12-0 spurt.

NO. 14 WASHINGTON 96, BELMONT 78

Matthew Bryan-Amaning dominated inside matching his career-high 23 points, Quincy Pondexter also matched his career best with 25 points and host Washington (2-0) beat Belmont (1-1).

Bryan-Amaning made 11 of 14 shots and added seven rebounds, and Isaiah Thomas had 23 points for Washington.

NO. 15 MICHIGAN 97, NORTHERN MICHIGAN 50

Manny Harris recorded the second triple-double in school history and host Michigan (1-0) routed Division II Northern Michigan (0-1).

Harris had 18 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists to match the feat accomplished by Gary Grant against North Carolina in the 1987 NCAA tournament.

DeShawn Sims added 22 points for Michigan, while true freshman Matt Vogrich scored 15 points with a 5-for-5 performance from behind the 3-point line.

NO. 17 OKLAHOMA 95, MOUNT ST. MARY'S 71

Steven Pledger scored 21 points and host Oklahoma (1-0) beat Mount St. Mary's (1-0).

Keith "Tiny" Gallon had 18 points and 15 rebounds, while Willie Warren added 15 points and a career-high 11 assists for his first double-double.

NO. 21 DAYTON 90, CREIGHTON 80

Chris Johnson had a double-double, and Chris Wright led a second-half surge that carried host Dayton (1-0) over Creighton (0-1).

Dayton, ranked in the preseason poll for the first time since 1967, overcame a 10-point deficit in the first half and regrouped, pulling away in the closing minutes.

Johnson scored 18 points and had a career-high 15 rebounds. Wright scored 25 points on 9-of-12 shooting.

NO. 22 GEORGIA TECH 100, FLORIDA A&M 59

Iman Shumpert scored 18 points and host Georgia Tech (1-0) beat Florida A&M (0-1).

Derrick Favors, the biggest name in Georgia Tech's heralded freshman class, started and had 10 points and eight rebounds. Another freshman, Brian Oliver, had 12 points, all in the second half.

Junior Gani Lawal added 16 points and 12 rebounds.

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LOUISIANA TECH 80, TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN 62

Olu Ashaolu scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as visiting Louisiana Tech (1-0) cruised past Texas-Pan American (0-1).

Ashaolu went 6 of 8 from the field and 6 of 8 from the line to lead all scorers.

Kyle Gibson added 16 points for Louisiana Tech, DeAndre Brown had 13 and Magnum Rolle had 12.

MONTANA 95, BOISE STATE 82

Anthony Johnson sank eight free throws in the final minutes and finished with a game-high 25 points to lead host Montana (2-0) over Boise State (1-1).

A pair of late technical fouls called against the Broncos gave Johnson four extra trips to the line. Both technicals were handed out in the final 1:19 with the Grizzlies clinging to an 85-78 lead.

Ike Okoye led Boise State with 20 points and nine rebounds.

NEVADA 75, MONTANA STATE 61

Luke Babbitt scored a game-high 26 points as host Nevada (1-0) cruised past Montana State (0-1).

Armon Johnson added 16 points for the Wolf Pack.

Erik Rush scored 13 points to lead Montana State.