Fairborn, Ohio — There's no place like home for Tamika Williams.
Playing in the shadow of her hometown for the first time in her collegiate career, the Connecticut senior poured in a season-high 20 points and Sue Bird added another 20 in a 97-39 drubbing of Wright State on Monday.
UConn coach Geno Auriemma called it "a good outing" for the top-ranked Huskies.
"When Sue's being aggressive and looking to score and looking to create things, then we're really, really hard to play against," Auriemma said. "And Tamika was more aggressive today than I've seen her in a while."
About 20 relatives and scores of well-wishers turned out for the game at the Ervin J. Nutter Center, where a crowd of 4,762 turned out to watch Williams, who scored a school-record 2,015 points when she played at Chaminade-Julienne High School in nearby Dayton.
Before Monday's game, Wright State had been averaging 231 fans per home game.
UConn (14-0) put on a clinic against the Raiders (2-10), hitting 49 percent from the field compared to Wright State's 29 percent.
No. 6 Vanderbilt 106,
Canisius 64
Nashville, Tenn. Chantelle Anderson scored 27 points to lift the Commodores. Vanderbilt (12-2) opened with 11 straight points. The Golden Griffins fought back to tie it at 13, before the Commodores regrouped and built a 53-33 lead by halftime. Canisius (5-6) was led by Shauna Geronzin's game-high 30 points.
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