but forget maya moore. the guest player was pohlen. they held moore to 14 points on 5 of 15 shooting. pohlen send it ahead to chiney ogwumike for the score and knock them off 71-59 ending the 90-game winning streak. >> this losing stuff is getting old, man, i hate it. i wish we could catch a break every once in a while so these kids could have some success. >> it's an amazing accomplishment and he and his team and staff are to be commended. i totally respect that. but tonight is about stanford. >> these two teams could meet in the, you know, the ncaa tournament so you better believe that tara vandermeer will have these girls ready to play again. she had her ipod and she had all of the games from the his keys on there that she was studying on her ipad. >> really. >> hats off to her andter staff. >> she is a fears coach. >> very deserving. >> and it's time. >> it's time. third year. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> well there was a rare sighting causing a stir in marin. what has the ground shaking and the water churning at this rate for o

maya moore, career-high 41 points. bria hartley, 21 points. she was five of six from three-point range. geno auriemma, the uconn head coach, giving hartley a kiss on the cheek. 89-consecutive wins for uconn. into the record books. they easily dispatch of florida state, 93-62. >>> over in the nba, the magic hosting the mavericks. hedo turkoglu, making his return to orlando. third quarter, turkoglu drives. dwight howard on cleanup duty. 23 points, 26 rebounds for superman. on the other end, tyson chandler, ooh. a bizarre moment for superman. chandler, shaken up after the play. but he would stay in the game. jason terry, knocks down a big shot from the wing. the mavs old off the magic, 105-99. >>> derrick rose and the bulls taking on the sixers. philly would plead no contest. ronnie brewer, the steal. leaves for luol deng. 22 for the swing man. bulls up 85-50 at that point. and then, carlos boozer, the steal. ronnie brewer, flip it, reverse it. the bulls win, 121-76. >>> that does it for this sports update. back to you in new york. >>> a 9-year-o

maya moore poor shooting night. hit a three to cut the lead to four points. you thought here they come. it's another three ball. she had a career high 31 points. 9 rebounds. two and a half minutes left. she gets the bucket. wigans loving it. geno auriemma, how do you like it? a loser for the first time in 900 days. stanford celebrates, 71-59. stanford increased their win streak at home to 52 games. >> we are very excited about how well our team played and obviously connecticut was a great opponent. i compliment them on hard and well they played. and tonight it was stanford's night. >> we were out of character and i think stanford took us out of our character. whoever we are, and whatever way we done it, we weren't allowed to do it tonight and that's because of what they did. >> we were very focused on what we needed to do defensively, which i think was the key. a lot of people did step up and made big plays. even though it might not show. >> a huge, huge night. hockey now. sharks and the blackhawks going toe to toe. couple teams trying to maintain a .500 reco

tonight uconn goes for 89, led by maya moore whose mother put a basketball in her hands when she was just 3 years old. >> it's been the hardest thing i've ever done in my life but it's been so rewarding. >> reporter: the last time they lost was in april of 2008. and during that winning streak, they've dominated. beating their opponents by an average of about 33 points a game. they're champions. their president is a fan. >> back-to-back national championship ball. >> reporter: but they are still a team fighting for respect. >> if we were breaking a woman's record everybody would say, aren't they nice and give them one line on the bottom of espn and send them back. send them where they belong, in the kitchen. >> reporter: "new york times" sports writer has heard similar whispers about women's basketball. >> women are not supposedly as skilled as men and, two, the competition is not sufficient. but neither one of those arguments really hold up. >> reporter: uconn plays in packed arenas. every game is on television. dozens of stars like rebecca lobo have played in the olympics or the wom

maya moore. catholicking her way -- carving her way through the line. it's 88 straight for uconn. look to break the record tuesday against my florida state seminoles. >> plays of the day at 11:00. though see you then. and there was some more. >> alan: and apparently people weren't too busy shopping to go to the movies. we show you the box office winners coming up. >> alan: jeff brings' sci-fi sequel ruled the box office. "tron legacy" earned $43.6 million, beating out yogi bear. the chronicle0ss of narnia fell to number three, and mark wall berg's the fighter came in third. and rounding out the top five. angelina jolie. thanks for watching. good night.t.t.t.t.t.t.t.t.t.t..

welcome to the maya moore show. she had 41. uconn breaks the record winning their 89th game in a row. they break and they are marched up by john wooden and company. that's an unbelievable record. nobody will ever get close i don't think. unless it is the uconn women. >> it is exciting. >>> mike singletary has a future in the cia. >> don't tell anybody, dan. >> "nightline" is up next. i'm carolyn johnson. >> and i'm dan ashley. our next newscast is tomorrow morning at 4:30. >> for larry beil and leigh glaser. thanks for joining us. >> and a live picture of heavenly. great skiing, but be careful lightning fast. lightning strong. rizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world.

that streak was in peril on thursday night for maya moore and number one uconn, against the number eight cardinal. first half, stan guard up by eight. lindy laraque. stanford, up by seven. then, jeannette polen. later in the first half, moore with the steal. and brea hartley in transition. finishing with the lieup and the foul. uconn, frails it 22-14. still in the first half, uconn trails by seven. but hartley with the steal. and going the length of the floor. it's a five-point game. stanford would scratch that out to nine. and an 11-point lead. second half, now. stanford up by five. polen, air ball. but kayla peterson there for the putback.lf, later in the second half, stanford by six. it will be pohlen, a phenomenal performance for her. under eight minutes left. peterson with the miss. joslyn tengle with the putback. later in the second half, uconn down by six. moore takes the three. but doesn't get back on "d." and the easy lay-in. and the cardinal on the verge of slaying goliath. under two minutes to go. nnemkadi with the layup. and stanford's done it. 71-59. >>> that does it for the

number 22 maya moore, the his keys win by 31, they set the new standard with 89 victories. ucla men. had also won 88 straight. or yamaguchi a got a phone call during his postgame news conference. >> no, you're not interrupting anything. you're taking me, you know, if i was calling you and you had all those reporters in front of you you'd be dying to take my phone call, right? we have not lost since you have been inauguration and how about we keep that streak goin' for a couple more years, huh? all right. thanks, bye. [ applause ] >> that was the new president, university of connecticut. >> keith smart might be getting a call from president barack obama tomorrow morning. 3 seconds left. >> looking radmanovich three. good. it's good. deficit. let's go to overtime. you can't spell monta without o.t. ellis had 44 last night in >> vladimir radmanovich erase a 16-point deficit. oh we go to overtime and then monta, he had 44 last night in the loss, 36 tonight, look at that reverse cam. that's amazing. they steal one at arco. 117-109. no traveling for monta. smith will start at qua

>> espn sports science has crunched the numbers on maya moore the star for uconn. it's amazing. her vertical leap is two inches less than a man in the nba. her hands are moving faster than the strike of a rattle snake. and this is pretty fast stuff. >> so when everyone looks back, what will the streak say about the ability to concentrate? >> i think with uconn, this is a team that doesn't care if they're up by one point or 30 points. they're playing against themselves. and they're playing against the game. the great athletes, the great teams of the past have done exactly that. when you see a uconn player diving for the basketball, ahead by 30 points, she's doing that, you know that's an extraordinary team. they do things that no other team in women's basketball does. >> well, they have done it for excellence. they have done it for everyone. thank you, christine brennan. >> thank you, diane. >>> up next -- spider-man, another accident. a 30-foot drop on broadway. >>> up next -- spider-man, another accident. a 30-foot drop on broadway. wasn't my daughter's cabbage appetizer specta

. >> reporter: the key to a win of course is stopping maya moore, a player vanderveer says is the best the game has seen. >> she's a great player and -- >> at least they don't have to worry about guarding tina charles. seals be there watching. gino added a little fuel to the fire saying that stanford is going to wind rest. way out after what they did to xavier by 37 points. maybe motivation for his team. wouldn't be that something? i -- that would be amazing if san francisco -- >> gino, go ahead, egg them on. because it's coach vanderveer's time. >> right. >> tomorrow night. >> it's time. >> look, you talk about favre. he is making what, $16 million? >> that's right. >> $50,000 fine... >> he can afford it. but it did more damage to his legacy and his reputation. absolutely. definitely not a good thing for him. >> and it will be interesting to see if the young woman sues him because she wanted him suspended. >> see this did. >> and it didn't happen. >> thank you. >>> we are going to take one more look at the weather. we have a couple of seconds. >> we have new year's coming up, folks. a

and senior all-american maya moore and her teammates celebrated before a sellout crowd. >> we're just excited. we're just celebrating with the fans. this place is sold out. it's amazing. >> sreenivasan: with the win, uconn coach geno auriemma's team surpassed the 88-game streak set by john wooden and his u.c.l.a. men in the early 1970s. >> it's hard to describe it. you know the last couple of minutes of the game when everybody's got their signs and everything. it's pretty amazing. it really is. >> sreenivasan: all the more amazing, the huskies have beaten opponents by an average of more than 30 points during their streak. moore has led the way for much of that time, and had a career- high 41 points last night. >> every night when you need her to be at her best, she's at her best. i remember john wooden said that's what competitive greatness is to bring your best when your best is needed and every time we've needed maya she's there and i'm going to remember that forever. >> sreenivasan: the uconn women have not lost since april of 2008, and along the way they've gained nationwide notic