No. 5 Michigan tops No. 2 UConn and coach Kim Barnes Arico ends another Geno Auriemma winning streak

Kim Barnes Arico has steadily built the Michigan women's basketball program into a power.And now in her 15th season, the Wolverines have a signature win.Te’Yala Delfosse scored a career-high 22 points and Olivia Olson had 19 points, lifting No. 5 Michigan to a 77-66 win over No. 2 Connecticut on Thursday night in the first matchup of top-five women’s basketball teams in the AP Top 25 at Crisler Center.“How many teams beat UConn? It doesn’t happen,” Barnes Arico said.The Huskies had won 39 regular-season games in a row since their last loss on Feb. 6, 2025. It wasn't the first time they ended a long winning streak against Barnes Arico. In her last season at St. John's, she helped the Red Storm end UConn’s 99-game home winning streak in 2012.“To have UConn come here and be able to knock off the best team in college basketball, or one of the best teams, it is really, really cool,” she said. “I’m happy for our players and our fans.”After the final buzzer, hundreds of the 9,575 fans at the