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STORRS, Conn. -- Geno Auriemma expected his young team to go through growing pains early in the season as they adjusted to life without the Huskies Big Three.So far theyve grown up pretty quickly.Freshman Crystal Dangerfield scored 19 points, Katie Lou Samuelson added 16 and No. 3 UConn extended its winning streak to 77 games with a 72-61 victory over second-ranked Baylor on Thursday night.I think we grew up a lot, Auriemma said . Came of age so to speak. That doesnt mean were older enough to not grow some more.The streak is the second longest in womens college basketball history, standing 13 short of the school record set by the Huskies from 2008-10. With stars Breanna Stewart, Morgan Tuck and Moriah Jefferson gone to the WNBA, Auriemma wasnt sure what to expect from his team early.So far hes been impressed after victories over No. 12 Florida State and now Baylor.What I saw today was surprising, the Hall of Fame coach said.With the game tied at 54 early in the fourth quarter, UConn took over. The Huskies scored 16 of the next 18 points to put the game away. Dangerfield, a diminutive guard, made a spectacular layup with 4:03 left that brought the near sellout crowd to its feet and made it 62-56. Baylor (2-1) couldnt recover.I wont disappear in big games, Dangerfield said. I want to attack. I want to be in those situations. I feel like I have the experience to do it, so Ill be there.Unlike during the 75 games leading into this season where the Huskies (2-0) won every game by double digits and most were decided by halftime, this seasons squad has had to pull out its first two wins in the final quarter.We can fight. We can push back. I think we kind of showed the rest of the country, like OK, its not going to be as easy as you think it is to beat UConn this year, Gabby Williams said.Trailing 40-38 midway through the third quarter, UConn scored 12 of the next 13 points to open up the lead. Kia Nurse got the run started with a jumper and Dangerfield capped it with a 3-pointer.Baylor wouldnt go away, going on a 12-2 run to tie the game at 54 early in the fourth quarter. Alexis Jones, who led the Lady Bears with 23 points, keyed the spurt.UConn contained 6-foot-7 Baylor sophomore Kalani Brown. She had 25 points and 19 rebounds in a win over No. 9 UCLA on Monday. She had just nine points and five rebounds against the Huskies as she was saddled by foul trouble.I thought we faced a lot of adversity tonight, Baylor coach Kim Mulkey said. Calls, momentum. We hung in there even through mistakes. We got to crunch time and we had wasted possessions. Those things have to be fixed and they will.BIG PICTURE:Baylor: The Lady Bears were trying to get a measure of revenge, as the Huskies ended their 69-game home winning streak on Jan. 13, 2014. That was the last meeting between the teams until Thursday. ... Preseason All-America Nina Davis was scoreless in 24 minutes.UConn: Two games in and the Huskies have already played two of the top 12 teams in the country. Before the regular season is finished, UConn will have played six of the other top eight teams in the poll. Its the first time the Huskies have opened the season with two ranked opponents since 1998-99. They played three consecutive ranked teams (Duke, Arkansas and UCLA) that season. ... The Huskies have won 50 straight home games. ... The UConn Huskies unveiled their championship banner from last season before the game.POLL IMPLICATIONS:UConn should move up at least one spot in the poll while Baylor will drop at least one place.SERIES HISTORY:These teams played five times between 2010 and 2014 -- the only meetings between the storied programs until Thursday night.UP NEXT:Baylor: After playing back-to-back top 10 teams, the Lady Bears return home to face Mississippi Valley State on Sunday. Baylor has only played top 10 teams in the first three games of the season one other time, in 2012. The Lady Bears split those games, beating Kentucky and losing to Stanford.UConn: The Huskies travel to LSU to face the Tigers on Sunday.---Follow Doug on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/dougfeinberg http://www.ramsrookiestore.com/Rams-Andrew-Whitworth-Jersey/ .2 billion agreement with Rogers Communications for the leagues broadcast and multimedia rights. http://www.ramsrookiestore.com/Rams-Rob-Havenstein-Jersey/ . Once again Jordan Cieciwa (@FitCityJordan) and I (@LynchOnSports) go head to head in our picks. Last weekend at UFC Fight Night 32 my #TeamLynch got the best of #TeamJC by a score of 9-6. Let us know which side youre on for UFC 167 use the hashtag #TeamLynch or #TeamJC on Twitter. http://www.ramsrookiestore.com/Rams-Pharoh-Cooper-Jersey/ . -- The proud fathers huddled near the Dallas Stars dressing room, smiling, laughing and telling stories while wearing replica green sweaters of their sons team. http://www.ramsrookiestore.com/Rams-Eric-Dickerson-Jersey/ . The Nashville Predators were glad their captain was still on their side. Weber had a goal and two assists, and Roman Josi scored the shootout winner to lift the Predators to a 4-3 win over the Flyers on Thursday night. http://www.ramsrookiestore.com/Rams-Nolan-Cromwell-Jersey/ . After Gasquet beat fifth-seeded Ivan Dodig of Croatia 7-5, 6-3, Tsonga followed up with a 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-2 win against sixth-seeded Edouard Roger-Vasselin in an all-French match. Its one thing to reach the No. 1 spot in any rankings system, but its an entirely different accomplishment to be the unanimous selection for that lofty position. Such is the fate of AJ Styles this week, who received top billing on each and every WWE on ESPN contributors ballot as he strengthened his grip on the No. 1 spot.The panelists -- including writers?Brian Campbell, Peter Rosenberg, Arash Markazi, Tim Fiorvanti, Nic Atkin and Sean Coyle -- submit their top 10 WWE talents, ranked by their perceived value to WWEs on-screen product, to create ESPNs bi-weekly WWE Power Rankings.Heres the rest of this weeks top 10.Just like Steph Curry earlier this year, there is a case to be made for Styles to be crowned the unanimous MVP of professional wrestling in 2016 -- and at the same time, hed make the list for top 10 most improved. Styles has elevated his game on the mic to complement his almost unrivalled in-ring talent, and his face that runs the place moniker couldnt ring truer on Smackdown Live. A victory at No Mercy, after the build to this match, would further strengthen Styles position, and it will take something special for someone to knock him off the top spot here. (Atkin)Owens is doing it all and constantly cementing the idea that he belongs on this level. Since winning the WWE Universal championship, hes quickly grown into his role as the top guy, from dressing in suits, to subtle mannerism changes and personality shifts and an undeniable bravado. His recent partnership with Chris Jericho has only helped both guys, and further accelerated the development and effectiveness of his character. (Campbell)Despite a rib injury that has kept him out of matches the past couple of weeks, Rollins has shown that he can still make an impact. His one-on-one interview on RAW this week with Michael Cole was well-done, and his interactions with?Stephanie McMahon?have been outstanding. Though the anti-authority role is not new to the WWE -- perhaps its well overdone, and has been for some time -- Rollins is making it work, in the way hes made every?storyline hes been a part of since joining the WWE work. He can simply do it all. (Coyle)The Miz has reached rarified air on SmackDown Live, and with the possible exception of AJ Styles, no one has benefited more from the brand separation than he has. Miz took his fate into his own hands on Talking Smack and hasnt looked back, crushing it week after week when it comes to promos, matches and whatever else is asked of him. The only thing that could halt his Never Ending Intercontinental Championship World Tour would be a loss Sunday that could both reinvigorate Dolph Ziggler and send Miz on to a much-deserved world title feud. (Fiorvanti)Charlotte loses the title and goes up in the rankings, and thats certainly no accident. The now former two-time Raw womens champion has plenty of ways to go with how things played out on Raw; her ongoing rivalry with Sasha Banks will coontinue, her continued conflict with protégé?Dana Brooke?seems to be nearing its inevitable conclusion and you know theres a one-on-one showdown with?Bayley?coming in the near future.dddddddddddd?The Raw?womens division goes as Charlotte goes. (Rosenberg)Hes still got it. Lots of it, in fact. Cenas recent rant on Talking Smack, in which he cut down Dean Ambrose and unleashed the kind of verbal barbs that we havent seen from him since he came out to Basic Thuganomics as his entrance theme, should be used as a teaching tool at the WWE Performance Center in a class on how to execute a promo. Whether or not his days as a full-timer are numbered, you know that Cena is going to give it 100 percent every time hes out there. No matter what you think of Cena, that parts undeniably a shoot. (Campbell)Jericho could be booked to lose every match for the rest of his career and it wouldnt diminish his value. Hes genuinely entertaining, can talk with the best of them, can work with the best of them and can elevate anyone who steps into the ring with him. Hes already had such an amazing, Hall of Fame-worthy career -- and yet, he might be performing better now than he ever has before. He took an otherwise unwieldy and potentially disastrous interaction with Danny Masterson and Ashton Kutcher and turned it into another element to his ever-growing List of Jericho.?(Coyle)In the first womens main event on Monday Night Raw in 12 years, Banks and Charlotte put on another great match, with the best finish of any of the matches in their ongoing conflict so far. I truly care about this feud, and thats a testament to what both of these women can do. The big question that must now be asked is whether or not Sasha can walk the walk and lead as the face of the Raw womens division. (Rosenberg)This is the role Reigns should have been slotted into two years ago -- a feud for the United States title against a monster heel in?Rusev. The damage may already be done with a certain portion of the fanbase, because of?WWEs seemingly never-ending battle to get Reigns over as a face, but there have been a lot of positive signs in recent weeks. Reigns and Rusev have a chance to do something special with the U.S. title inside of Hell in a Cell in a few weeks time. (Atkin)Ambrose may have dropped five spots, but dont let that distract you from the fact that hes had some of the strongest showings of his career in the last few weeks. Between a clean pinfall victory over Cena and elevating his game to keep pace with Styles and Cena in the WWE world championship picture on SmackDown Live, hes had as big a role as his opponents in making Sundays No Mercy main event a cant-miss affair. 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