I wasn't sure what to look for when I headed down to New Haven for the Yale/Florida State game. What I wasn't expecting was Yale 91, Florida State 85.

Having seen Florida State play UConn a few times, I know scoring against the Seminoles isn't always an easy task. I remember last year when the Huskies made just 15 of 36 shots in the first half of a regular-season game at FSU including going 4 for 14 from 3-point range. So I was not anticipating that a Yale team which hadn't hit the 70-point mark since a season-opening win over Holy Cross would drop 55 first-half points on FSU. Yale made its first five shots and 8 of its first 10 against the Seminoles.

Seminoles coach Sue Semrau scoffed at the notion that her players weren't focused on Yale.

"We were focused on Yale, we haven't talked about UConn," Semrau said.

Maybe they didn't talk about UConn but that doesn't mean UConn wasn't on the minds of the Florida State players. Regularly one of the better defensive teams in the nation, it was shocking to see how many times the Bulldogs' top shooters were left all alone on the perimeter or the ease that the Yale players were able to cut to the basket and receive a pass with limited opposition.

It is human nature for a ranked team like Florida State to look at a 1-7 Yale team and consider it was just a formality, a glorified practice before facing the Huskies on Tuesday.

"This stings," said Alexa Deluzio, who had 17 points on 7 of 10 shooting for FSU. "Not to take anything away from Yale but this is a game we should have won so when lose a game you should have won, it was very disappointing. It burns and stings a lot."

Yale was playing without starting guard and captain Yoyo Greenfield, who missed her fourth straight game with a concussion. The Bulldogs were led in scoring by sophomore Megan Vasquez and freshman Janna Graf who finished with career-high totals of 25 and 22 points respectively.

"We've had a rough stretch of seven losses but it was a game that proved to ourselves that we are good," Graf said. "We really set it in stone that we can really compete with all teams."

Florida State now has a couple of days to get ready for UConn. The teams will meet on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the XL Center. If UConn beats Ohio State later today, the game will be one for the history books as the Huskies will look for its 89th straight win, the longest streak in NCAA Division I basketball history.

Unless they meet in the NCAA tournament as they did in 2005 and 2010, this will be the last game between the teams until who knows when.

After the same Semrau confirmed that UConn is not on FSU's schedule for next year although she did leave open the possibility of restarting a home and home series with the Huskies.

"I would love to play them," Semrau said. "We'd love to. I think their schedule is full (next year) and ours is full."

Since the first meeting on Dec. 30, 2002 in Tallahassee, the teams have played six times with the Huskies winning all six games. UConn beat FSU twice last season including a 90-50 win in the Dayton Regional final, a win that punched a ticket to the Final Four.