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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Teemu Selanne Avalanche Jersey . -- UConns winning streak remains alive, just barely.Napheesa Collier scored 28 points and had a big block down in the final few seconds to lead the third-ranked Huskies to a 78-76 win over No. 12 Florida State on Monday night. UConn extended its winning streak to 76 games, the third longest streak in college basketball history.Florida State had a chance to beat the third-ranked Huskies at the end, but Imani Wrights 3-pointer was short allowing the four-time defending national champions to hold on in their opener.There are a lot of happy coaches that watched tonights game saying you got out of there with that one but your time is coming, coach Geno Auriemma said.This is the Huskies first single-digit win in the regular season since a six-point victory over St. Johns in 2013. It is also the first time since the 2011 Sweet 16 against Georgetown (68-63) that they have won by five points or less.The Seminoles trailed 65-59, but had a chance to tie it with 13.7 seconds left when Brittany Brown was fouled on a 3-point attempt by Kia Nurse. She made the first two to get within 77-76, but missed the third. The Huskies could not secure the ball and FSU (1-1) retained possession when it went out of bounds.Shakayla Thomas then drove the lane, but her shot was blocked Collier. Crystal Dangerfield made the first free throw, but missed the second. Imani Wright missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.I think this kind of woke us up and showed us that we are a different team than last year. We cant just win on talent. We have to play good, fundamental basketball, said Collier, who also had eight rebounds.Saniya Chong scored 16 points and Katie Lou Samuelson added 14 for the Huskies, whose winning streak sits only behind the team record of 90 straight set from 2008-10 and the UCLA mens record of 88 consecutive victories.Wright led Florida State with 25 points while Brown added 16 points and 10 rebounds.I wish we were sitting here obviously on the other side of this having won it, Florida State coach Sue Semrau said. We gave ourselves a chance. We got the ball into two great scorers at the end. Theres no moral victory here. The victory is our growth as our basketball team.BIG PICTUREUConn: Auriemma said before the game that this was a new world they were entering after the graduations of Breanna Stewart, Morgan Tuck and Moriah Jefferson. He also said he wasnt going to judge this team based on what happened in November, but considering they were able to hold on to win at the road, that has to give his team a little bit of confidence.Florida State: The Seminoles hung tough without starting point guard Leticia Romero, who missed her second straight game with a hamstring injury.TURNING POINTThe Huskies trailed by four at halftime and then were down 37-30 with 9:08 remaining in the third quarter, which is the largest deficit they have faced during the winning streak. They then went on a 14-2 run to take a five-point lead. The Seminoles would tie it three more times in the second half but could never take the lead.Collier and Chong each scored four points during the run while Samuelson had a 3-pointer at the end.It was a miracle we were down four at halftime. They (Florida State) got everything they wanted in the first half. If we were down 14 that might have been the end, Auriemma said.STAT OF THE NIGHTFlorida State had 16 offensive rebounds but could rarely convert as it was 26 of 72 from the field. That translated to UConn having a 30-24 edge in points in the paint and 12-7 advantage in second-chance points.POLL IMPLICATIONSUConns tough week will continue with second-ranked Baylor up next on Thursday and another road game Sunday against LSU. Florida State might drop a spot or two from 12th, but proved it can stand with the best teams in the country.UP NEXTUConn: The Huskies will have their home opener on Thursday against No. 2 Baylor. UConn is 53-10 against teams in the top 10 since the start of 2008-09 season.Florida State: The Seminoles continue a string of four straight home games to start the season on Thursday against Jacksonville.---More AP college basketball at http://collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25---Follow Joe Reedy on Twitter at www.twitter.com/joereedy Nathan MacKinnon Avalanche Jersey . -- An ugly goal by Nick Bonino helped the Anaheim Ducks overcome the defensive-minded Phoenix Coyotes on a night when their ragged power play continued to struggle. Cale Makar Jersey . Fernandez, coached in Toronto by former two-time Olympic silver medallist Brian Orser, scored 267.11 points and is the first champion to successfully defend since Russias Evgeny Plushenko in 2005 and 2006. http:///...rt-avalanche-jersey/ . Tevez, who has had conflicts with coaches in the past, has not been called up since Sabella was named coach in 2011. Argentina boasts Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuain, Sergio Aguero, Ezequiel Lavezzi and Angel Di Maria. Toto Wolff believes the United States and Mexican grands prix have set the benchmark as examples of successful promotion in Formula One, following high attendances at both races this year.Last months United States Grand Prix set a new attendance record at the Circuit of The Americas as 269,889 people attended across the race weekend, while the Mexican Grand Prix also saw a rise in attendance figures, with 339,967 fans present throughout the weekend compared to 336,174 in 2015. Wolff says the success of both races provides a promotion model that F1 can learn from.We had some great races recently, Mercedes boss Wolff said. If you look at Austin the crowed was great, what has been organised around it has been great, lots of innovation for the fans and its here. We need to look beyond the tip of our nose and how we can activate the fans which we have lost.Wolff compared rising attendances in Austin and Mexico with this years German Grand Prix, which saw notably low figures following an absence from the calendar in 2015. Despite Germany boasting the most amount of drivers on the current grid (4) -- including four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel -- and the success of Mercedes over the last three seasons, race day only attracted around 60,000 fans, half of the Hockenheimrings total capacity.When asked why he felt Austin and Mexico had enjoyed such high spectator figures this year, Wolff replied: If there was a simple solution we wouldve found it, its a bit of a hangover in Germany because we have had 10 years of world champions and it has transitioned into other sports, maybe we just need to look at what Mexico and Austin is doing and some other tracks.If Taylor Swiftt is the answer then get Taylor Swift! If Formula One is not the only attraction anymore then you need to add other attractions, Im not aware Taylor Swift is in Mexico City and there is full grandstands on the Saturday and sell out on Sunday. Nikita Zadorov Avalanche Jersey. There is a lot of advertising and Mexican drivers with narrative created around them, but it sounds easy but if you need to take the right decisions to promote a grand prix I dont think its as easy.Spectator attendance at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquez bucked the recent trend of drops in second-year attendance figures, which is thought to have been helped by the presence of two Mexican drivers on the grid in 2016 in the shape of Sergio Perez and Esteban Gutierrez. President of race promoter CIE Alejandro Soberon feels the priority is to make sure fans get the most of their F1 experience.?Once again we are blown away by the support of the Mexican people and the international motorsport fans who travelled from all over the world to attend our race, Soberon said. To increase our attendance figures from last year is the icing on the cake of a wonderful weekend of motorsport. The increase also demonstrates the appetite for Formula One and motorsport in general in Mexico City and beyond.?People have asked me how we managed to maintain the interest in our event after year one and I tell them that our public promotion strategy is very simple, the race is the star of the show and our job is to provide as entertaining experience as possible for all the fans so that no one walks away disappointed. ' ' '