UConn improved to 3-0 Monday with a 3rd straight blowout — this time an 89-62 victory over Columbia. Solo Ball scored a game-high 23 factors. Alex Karaban added 20. If you happen to watched, you recognize the Huskies outscored Columbia 50-27 within the first half earlier than coasting to the 27-point victory. UConn coach Dan Hurley did not like his workforce’s efficiency in a lot of the second half however appeared to grasp what occurred.
“I assumed the primary 22 [or] 25 minutes of the sport had been an extension of the final recreation,” Hurley stated in reference to the Huskies’ 110-47 rout of UMass Lowell final Friday. “I assumed we confirmed a stage of dominance and protection. Fifteen assists and two turnovers within the first half with suffocating protection. I assumed it was superior.
“Second half, human-nature kicked in.”
Yeah, it did. And It occurs — even to the most effective, typically. Both approach, the uninteresting a part of UConn’s schedule is now over. Subsequent up is the good things —particularly Saturday’s showdown with BYU in a matchup of the groups ranked third (BYU) and fourth (UConn) in Tuesday morning’s up to date CBS Sports activities High 25 And 1 each day school basketball rankings, the place Purdue stays No. 1 for the third consecutive day.
The UConn-BYU recreation will likely be performed at TD Backyard in Boston and function a homecoming for BYU freshman AJ Dybantsa, the 6-foot-8 wing who was born in Boston and raised in close by Brockton, Massachusetts. Dybantsa is averaging 19.0 factors, 7.0 rebounds and three.0 assists by means of two video games at BYU. He is on the brief listing of reliable candidates to be the No. 1 general choose within the 2026 NBA Draft.
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