PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pitt fans had nothing to throw at Connecticut. By midway through the second half, the Panthers didn't, either.

Connecticut held Pittsburgh to one basket in nine minutes during a 20-5 run led by Albert Mouring and the No. 2 Huskies rebounded from an upset loss to Notre Dame with a 73-51 victory Saturday night.

	UConn's Doug Wrenn had only one basket Saturday, but he made his presence felt off the bench.

Mouring hit four 3-pointers and scored 20 of his 22 points in the second half as the Huskies (11-2, 1-1 Big East) clamped down on defense and pushed the tempo on offense to turn a tight game into a rout.

"We shot the ball better and controlled the backcourt. We knew they couldn't play with us," said Khalid El-Amin, who had 16 points. "Over 40 minutes, you could just see them wearing down. They didn't have enough guys."

Jake Voskuhl added 12 points as Connecticut set a Big East record with its 12th consecutive conference road victory. Georgetown held the record of 11 in a row from 1983-85.

The Huskies' relatively easy victory was a contrast to a season ago, when they pulled off a remarkable rally by scoring five points in the final nine seconds to win 70-69 at Pitt. The Huskies later called the victory pivotal to their drive to the national championship.

Then, hundreds of Pitt fans were crowding the court to celebrate the upset victory, only to be left stunned by UConn's comeback. As El-Amin jumped on the scorer's table to celebrate after scoring the game-winner just ahead of the final buzzer, he was pelted with plastic soft-drink bottles.

To prevent a repeat, Pitt served beverages Saturday only in paper cups. Not that the Huskies asked that the Pitt fans be toned down.

"When they yell stuff or call us names, I don't let it get to me," El-Amin said. "I love all of that. It's fun. It gets me going."

Pittsburgh (8-5, 0-2) never led after falling behind 7-0, despite getting as close as three points in the second half before UConn kicked its game into another gear. Lacking a dominating scorer who can keep a team close -- Donatas Zavackas led Pitt with 13 points -- the Panthers were outscored 33-14 over the final 14½ minutes.

Jeremy Lockhart, who led last season's near upset with 19 first-half points and 21 overall, was held scoreless this time. Ricardo Greer managed eight points, or nearly 10 below his average.

Pittsburgh lost its Big East opener to St. John's 82-58 on Monday and has dropped its two conference games by a combined 46 points under first-year coach Ben Howland.

"It's disappointing," Howland said. "I really thought we had a chance tonight. Our offense was off. We got tired and it looked like we were standing around at the end."

After Kellii Taylor scored with 13:51 left to trim Connecticut's lead to 40-37, Pitt had only one more basket -- on Chris Seabrooks' three-point play at 10:59 -- until Greer scored with 4:50 remaining.

Mouring, breaking down the wings for pullup jumpers or to take the ball to the basket, started the run with a baseline jumper and a driving layup that made it 44-38.

"I was feeling it tonight," Mouring said. "At first, they were coming up on me so I would just drive past them, and once they left me open I showed them I can shoot, too."

Mouring, averaging 11.3 points, hit a 3-pointer at 10:29 that stretched it to 49-41, and El-Amin and Ajou Deng then scored on successive possessions after Pitt missed wide-open shots. The Huskies made 16 of 25 shots -- 64 percent -- in the second half.

"I'm not sure how much better we played than we did against Notre Dame," coach Jim Calhoun said of Wednesday's 75-70 loss in Hartford. "Sometimes, our guys don't expect people in our league to play us tough. I think when Notre Dame stood up to us, we didn't look like a confident team. Teams are going to stand up to us, more so than in the past."

Voskuhl and Edmund Saunders each had eight rebounds as the Huskies held a 38-23 rebounding edge, including a 19-9 advantage in the second half.