Geno Auriemma made it very clear during halftime Thursday night how he felt about the officiating during the UConn-Tennessee game.

With the Huskies leading 40-36 at halftime, ESPN’s Holly Rowe asked the UConn coach how he was going to address putting the Lady Vols on the free throw line after Tennessee went on a 19-7 run in the second quarter, thanks to eight UConn personal fouls.

“How do I address it? How do I address it? You don’t address it,” Auriemma said. “This is what you get when you come down here. The game was called one way, then it changed. Nothing else changed. We didn’t change. Nothing else changed.”

As it turns out, UConn took care of business.

Lou Lopez Senechal scored 26 points and Aaliyah Edwards added 25 to lead No. 5 Connecticut to a 84-67 victory over Tennessee.

Aubrey Griffen and Dorka Juhasz, each scored 13 points for the Huskies (19-2), who led by as many as 16 points at the end of the first quarter and extended their winning streak to 12 games. Nika Muhl had 13 assists.

Jordan Horston scored 27 points for the Lady Volunteers (16-7), who closed within two points early in the third period but couldn’t complete the comeback. Rickea Jackson scored 13 points and Jillian Hollingshead added 11 as Tennessee lost for the first time in 10 games.

UConn, which couldn’t miss in the first quarter, and couldn’t buy a basket in the second, carried a 40-36 lead into halftime.

Edwards had 10 points and Lopez Senechal had nine in the first 10 minutes, when the Huskies shot 71% and led 33-17. Tennessee scored the last eight points of the second quarter — four by Horston, who had 11 at the break — to make it interesting.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.