Connecticut won its 55th straight game on Saturday to set the NCAA Division I women's college basketball record for consecutive victories.

Louisiana Tech originally set the record 21 years ago, winning 54 games in a row. The Lady Techsters were 34-0 in 1980-81 and then won their first 20 games of 1981-82. Louisiana Tech won the national championship in both seasons (AIAW and the first-ever NCAA women's title).

Connecticut, which went 39-0 last season to win the 2002 NCAA title, improved to 16-0 this season with a win over Georgetown on Saturday. The Huskies put their streak on the line at Notre Dame on Monday (2 p.m. ET, ESPN2), and will face top-ranked and unbeaten Duke on Feb. 1 in Durham, N.C.

A look at each team's winning streak:

54 vs. 55
	Louisiana Tech, 1980-82	Connecticut, 2001-present
Coach	Sonja Hogg	Geno Auriemma
Consecutive wins	54	55
Avg. margin of victory	30.9 points	31.9 points
Biggest win	62 points (121-59 vs. New Orleans)	69 points (112-43 vs. Pitt)
Closest Call	three points (75-72 vs. Kansas)	one point in OT (63-62 vs. Tennessee)
100-point games	11	five
Single-digit wins	five	five
Notable names	Pam Kelly, Angela Turner, Janice Lawrence, Kim Mulkey	Sue Bird, Swin Cash, Asjha Jones, Tamika Williams, Diana Taurasi
Streak snapped	61-58 loss to ODU 21 games into 1981-82	55 and counting
Notables: UConn set the NCAA single-season record for margin of victory in 2001-02 (35.4 points); in 2001-02, the Huskies won 38 of 39 games by double-digits and never trailed in the second half; during its AIAW championship run in 1980-81, La. Tech won 27 of 34 games by at least 20 points; despite having its NCAA-record winning streak snapped midway through the 1981-82 season, La. Tech went on to win its second straight national title.