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Shamon Tooles goes up for a shot past Villanova's Ricky Wright. (AP Photo/Bob Child)

DONNA TOMMELLEO
Associated Press Writer

STORRS, Conn. (AP) - Michael Bradley scored 20 points, including six in a 10-0 first-half run, to lead Villanova to a 70-59 victory over No. 24 Connecticut on Wednesday night (Jan. 24), the Huskies' fourth straight loss.

The 6-foot-10 Bradley, a Kentucky transfer, also led the Wildcats (12-5, 4-2 Big East) with 15 rebounds, 10 off the defensive boards.

It was the Wildcats' first win over UConn (13-6, 2-4) in the last five meetings and the Huskies' first home loss of the season. This is UConn's worst losing streak since dropping the last five regular season games in 1996-97.

Villanova shut down Albert Mouring, UConn's perimeter specialist, after the first six minutes of the game. Mouring had openings early against Villanova's zone defense, but then found himself shadowed after that. He didn't score in the second half.

UConn was 7-of-11 from the field over the first 5 1/2 minutes and took a 13-7 lead. Mouring scored eight points, including two 3-pointers, in the run. The Huskies went stone cold after that and missed their next five shots.

Villanova, which had lost three of four, took advantage of that slump and countered with the 10-0 run. Bradley had consecutive three-point plays to cap the spurt and give the Wildcats a 17-13 lead. UConn regained the lead briefly at 25-24 on Taliek Brown's layup at 4:02. Bradley's layup's at 2:46 put the Wildcats back on top for good and Villanova finished the half with a 10-2 run to take a 34-27 lead.

Bradley had five points in the Wildcats' 11-4 run to open the second half. Villanova led by as many as 15 points twice and the Huskies could get no closer than seven in the final minutes.

Caron Butler led UConn with 14 points, while Souleymane Wane had 11 points and 14 rebounds.

The Huskies have lost all their road games and are in danger of dropping out of the Top 25 for the first time in 67 straight polls.