(AP) - Shabazz Napier scored 26 points and Jeremy Lambadded 22 to lead Connecticut to its 12th straight postseason win,71-67 in overtime over West Virginia on Wednesday in the secondround of the Big East tournament.

The victory kept alive the hopes of a second straight Big Easttitle for the Huskies (20-12), who won a record five games in asmany days last year and then went on to win six more in earning theschool's third national championship.

Kevin Jones had 25 points for the eighth-seeded Mountaineers(19-13), who were playing their last game as a member of the BigEast. West Virginia leaves the conference for the Big 12 nextseason.

Ninth-seeded Connecticut will play top-seeded and second-rankedSyracuse in the quarterfinals Thursday.

UConn advances in Big East Tournament