Sports Shorts Led by sophomore Epiphanny Prince, the Rutgers women's basketball team recorded a dramatic come-frombehind win over top-ranked and previously unbeaten Connecticut, 73-71, before a sellout crowd of 8,026 Tuesday night at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. Matee Ajavon tallied 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for her first doubledouble of the season. Prince's stellar second half included 27 of her career-high 33 points to go along with six steals, six rebounds, and perfect 11-of-11 shooting from the freethrow line. The guard shot 50 percent from the floor in the comeback. The Scarlet Knights (19-3, 9-1 Big East) notched 49 second-half points against the nation's top defensive team. The 73 points is the most allowed by Connecticut (21-1, 8-1) this season and the most since the Huskies fell to LSU, 73-50, in the 2007 Fresno Regional final. Junior Renee Montgomery paced Connecticut with 24 points, followed by Tina Charles' 16. Freshman Maya Moore scored all 15 of her points in the second half, extending her Connecticut-record streak of consecutive double-digit scoring games to 22. Down nine points at the half and 10 with 16:19 remaining in the game, Rutgers was sparked by the play of Prince, who fueled a 15-2 run. The sophomore converted on back-to-back three-point plays and followed with a fast-break layin to tie the score at 46-46 with 12:57 showing before the teams traded baskets and leads down the stretch. Ketia Swanier drained a shot from beyond the arc with just over 10 minutes left to give the lead back to Connecticut, 51-48. After Rutgers center Kia Vaughn finished in the paint, UConn answered with a three-point play by Montgomery to again put the visitors up by three, 58- 55 at the 8:09 mark. Prince stole the ball and was fouled at the other end of the court, converting both shots to give RU a 61-58 edge with 4:37 on the clock. A long jumper and two later free throws from Prince padded the lead for Rutgers as time wound down, as the Scarlet Knights led by their largest margin of seven (70-63) with 1:39 remaining. But the late-game dramatics unfolded as Moore knocked down a three with just over a minute left to cut the RU advantage to three. The Scarlet Knights committed a shot-clock violation with 34 seconds left to give the ball back to the Huskies. The Rutgers defense answered the call as senior Essence Carson swiped the ball from Montgomery on the ensuing play. Carson, fouled after the steal, hit one of two at the stripe to make it a four-point two-possession game, 73-69, with just six seconds on the clock. Connecticut ran the length of the court for a layup with under a second left, but the clock expired as Rutgers earned the 73-71 victory in thrilling fashion. The victory ties the largest comefrom behind victory for Rutgers this season Maryland) and extends the squad's home winning streak to 11 games. Rutgers also received double-digit efforts from center Kia Vaughn with 14 points and senior Matee Ajavon with 13. Ajavon added 10 boards, a career high, to earn the first double-double of her career. The guard has now scored in double figures 11 straight games. Over the past four seasons, the Huskies are 51-6 against Big East opponents in the regular season, with four of those six losses coming at the hand of Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights will return to the court next Monday, Feb. 11, for a rematch of the 2007 national championship game, taking on Tennessee at Thompson Boling Arena in Knoxville. The Rutgers wrestling program, under the guidance of first-year head coach Scott Goodale, went 1-1 in a trimeet with Rider and Clarion on Feb. 2. The Scarlet Knights (9-6, 4-2) defeated Clarion 23-9 before falling to the trimeet host, Rider, in a tightly contested 19-13 match. In the first match of the day, Rider (5-12) defeated Clarion (8-12) 24-16. In RU's first match, Clarion won the first two bouts as Ryan Fikslin fell 2-0 at 125 pounds and Michael DeMarco fell 5- 0 at 133 pounds. Redshirt senior Steve Adamcsik put the Scarlet Knights on the board with a 16-3 major decision over Clarion's Sal Lascari at 141 pounds, and Jack Barrett followed with a 6-4 win at 149 to give RU the lead, 7-6. Clarion took its last lead of the match as Chris Norrell fell 6-4 at 157, but RU won the last five contests to pull away with the victory. Matt Pletcher picked up his 21st win of the season, an 11-3 major decision at 165, Mike Whalen won at 174 pounds 3-1, Keith Dobish and Lamar Brown picked up one point victories, 5-4 at 184 and 3-2 at 197, respectively, and Karim Mahmoud won the heavyweight bout 8-2 to give Rutgers the 23-9 victory. In the final dual of the day, RU and Rider squared off to see who would finish first in the tri-meet. The two squads split the first eight bouts, as Fikslin won 4-3 at 125, DeMarco fell 12-5 at 133, Adamcsik won 141 7-1, Barrett fell at 149 7-4, Norrell dropped the 157 contest 10-5 and Pletcher picked up his teamleading 22nd win, 4-2 in overtime at 165. Whalen earned a 20-7 major decision win at 174 but Rider tied the match at 13 when Dobish lost by major decision 9-1 at 184. After Brown fell 4-0 to give Rider the 16-13 lead, Mahmoud did everything he could to tie the match but could not pull out the win, losing 5-3, and Rider took first place in the tri-meet with a 19- 13 victory. RU returns to the mat on Feb. 10, when they take on EIWA conference opponent American at noon at the College Avenue Gym. There will be a special ceremony honoring former coach John Sacchi before the match. Admission is open to the public.