Hartford, Conn. ? No. 89 came and went as effortlessly as nearly all their previous games. This season. Last season. And the season before.

UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma, never at a loss for words, was close Tuesday night.

“It’s pretty amazing. It really is,” he said.

No exaggeration there.

His No. 1-ranked Huskies topped the 88-game winning streak set by John Wooden’s UCLA men’s team from 1971-74, beating No. 22 Florida State 93-62. Playing with the relentlessness that has become its trademark — and would have made Wooden proud — UConn blew past the Seminoles as it has so many other teams in the last 21/2 years.

“I don’t want my team to compare themselves to anyone,” Auriemma said. “I’m not John Wooden, and this isn’t UCLA. This is Connecticut, and that’s good enough.”

Maya Moore had a career-high 41 points and 10 rebounds, and freshman Bria Hartley added 21 points for the Huskies, who have not lost since April 6, 2008, in the NCAA Tournament semifinals. Only twice during the record run has a team come within single digits of UConn — Stanford in the NCAA championship game last season and Baylor in early November.

When the final buzzer sounded, UConn players sprinted across the floor to shake hands with the student section as fans held up “89” signs, and “89” balloons bobbed in the stands behind center court.

Asked what he would recall from the incredible run, Auriemma mentioned a pair of experienced stars on this team: “I’ll probably remember Maya Moore and Tiffany Hayes. And how incredibly difficult it is to play that many games in a row and win ’em all.”