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Napheesa Collier had 26 points and 12 rebounds and top-ranked Connecticut held off Tulane 63-60 on Saturday night to push its record winning streak to 101 games.

Katie Lou Samuelson scored 15 consecutive UConn points in a second-half spurt and finished with 17. Gabby Williams added 14 rebounds for the Huskies (26-0, 13-0 American Athletic).

"We're not as good as everybody thinks we are and today was a perfect example of that," UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. "They think that every shot that they take is supposed to go in and then when it doesn't go in they pout and they feel sorry for themselves and act like 12-year-olds and that's exactly what happened today. Not every shot is supposed to go in. God isn't punishing you. Figure out a way to help us win the game."

Kolby Morgan led Tulane (16-11, 7-7) with 19 points. Leslie Vorpahl had 16, and Tene Thompson 14.

The Green Wave pulled within two points three times late, but could never get a defensive stop. Finally, they got the ball with four seconds left, but Thompson's desperation 3-pointer fell short.

UConn scored the first 10 points of the game as Tulane went scoreless for nearly the first four minutes and didn't make a field goal until 4:27 had elapsed.

Tulane's Maddison Wells had 17 of her team's first 25 points before Crystal Dangerfield's 3-pointer with 22 seconds left gave UConn a 28-18 halftime lead. That was the lowest first-half point total for the Huskies this season.

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