In the blink of an eye, Connecticut turned another first-round NCAA tournament game into a glorified layup line.

Maya Moore scored 17 points to lead a balanced offense and top-ranked Connecticut beat Cornell, 89-47, last night at Bridgeport, Conn. At the first media timeout, the Huskies held a 7-5 lead and the 16th-seeded Big Red had to be feeling pretty good.

Then the Huskies did what they usually do to their first-round NCAA opponents.

"It happened so quickly, from a 7-5 lead to a lot to not so many," said Huskies coach Geno Auriemma, who celebrated his 54th birthday. "That's the way our team operates. We tend to go on runs like that."

Connecticut (33-1) will play either Texas or Minnesota tomorrow in the second round of the Greensboro regional.

"There was one stretch there were it seemed like Charde [Houston] was getting layup after layup after layup, getting good assists from every guard out there" said Moore, the Big East Conference freshman and player of the year who was making her NCAA tournament debut. "I think when we are running in transition, it's really hard to stop us from doing what we try to do."

Connecticut hasn't won a first-round game by fewer than 23 points since 1995, the year the Huskies earned the first of their five national titles. Charde Houston added 14 points, Brittany Hunter had 11, and Renee Montgomery 10 as Connecticut shot 54 percent from the field.

Allie Fedorowicz and Gretchen Gregg scored eight points each to lead Cornell (20-9), coach by Dayna Smith of Penn Hills.

• Old Dominion 82, Liberty 62: Shahida Williams scored 20 points on 10-for-11 shooting night and the Lady Monarchs ended their six-game losing streak in Norfolk, Va. The fifth-seeded Lady Monarchs (30-4), winners of an NCAA-record 17 consecutive Colonial Athletic Association titles, had lost five first-round games in a row. Megan Frazee led Liberty (28-4) with 19 points, Rachel McLeod had 11 and Molly Frazee 10.

• Texas 72, Minnesota 55: Brittainy Raven scored 19 points and the eighth-seeded Texas Longhorns (22-12) routed No. 9 seed Minnesota (20-12). Erneisha Bailey added 16 for Texas, who was playing in its first NCAA tournament since 2005.

• Maryland 80, Coppin State 66: Top-seeded Maryland (31-3) pulled away in the second half, but struggled to put away Coppin State (22-12) in College Park, Md. Only once had a No. 1 seed lost in the opening round of the women's tournament, and with 17 minutes left in the game, the mighty Terrapins were in danger of becoming the second such victim.

• Nebraska 61, Xavier 58: Nebraska (21-11) led the entire game and by 15 in the second half, then held off a furious comeback by Xavier (24-9) in College Park. Kelsey Griffin matched a season-high with 26 points for the eighth-seeded Cornhuskers.

• Tennessee 94, Oral Roberts 55: With the national player of the year candidate Candace Parker in foul trouble and neutralized by Oral Roberts' zone defense, Tennessee called on its other talented players to fill in the gap. Freshman Angie Bjorklund hit four 3-pointers and finished with 16 points to lead the top-seeded Lady Volunteers (31-2) to their customary first-round rout, a win against the 16th-seeded Golden Eagles (19-14) in West Lafayette, Ind. Parker had 14 points, 4 rebounds, 4 steals and 2 blocks in just 18 minutes.

• Purdue 66, Utah 59: Kalika France and FahKara Malone scored 17 points each, and ninth-seeded Purdue (19-14) beat No. 8 Utah (27-5) in West Lafayette.

• Duke 78, Murray State 58: Wanisha Smith scored 16 points and the third-seeded Blue Devils (24-9) never trailed, cruising past Murray State (24-8) in College Park.

• Notre Dame 75, SMU 62: Ashley Barlow had 20 points, a career-high 12 rebounds, 4 steals and 3 assists, leading fifth-seeded Notre Dame (24-8) to a win against No. 12 SMU (24-9) in West Lafayette.

• Oklahoma 69, Illinois State 61: Fourth-seeded Oklahoma (22-8) started the second half with a 13-0 run to beat No. 13 seed Illinois State (26-7) in West Lafayette.

• North Carolina 85, Bucknell 50: Top-seeded North Carolina (31-2) opened the game with a 21-2 run and coasted to a win against Bucknell (16-16) in Norfolk. LaToya Pringle had 19 points and Erlana Larkins and Rashanda McCants had 15 each as the Tar Heels -- a No. 1 seed for the fourth year in a row -- won their 14th in a row.

• Georgia 67, Iowa 61: Tasha Humphrey made a go-ahead turnaround jumper with 58 seconds left and Ashley Houts hit eight free throws in the final 41 seconds as No. 8 Georgia (23-9) defeated No. 9 Iowa (21-11) in Norfolk.

• Kansas State 69, Chattanooga 59: Little-used reserve Kelsey Nelson scored a career-high 20 points to help fifth-seeded Kansas State (22-9) snap a 24-game win streak by No. 12 Chattanooga (29-4) in Bridgeport.

• Louisville 81, Miami of Ohio 67: Chauntise Wright had 21 points and seven rebounds, Angel McCoughtry scored 20 points and fourth-seeded Louisville (25-9) beat No. 13 Miami of Ohio (23-11) in Bridgeport.