Defense leads No. 24 UConn in 83-40 thrashing of USF
UConn had all the factors it had to beat South Florida by halftime.
The Huskies defense held the Bulls to simply 12 baskets on 50 shots in an 83-40 rout on Wednesday night.
DeAndre Daniels scored 12 points in simply 23 mins and freshman Kentan Facey added 10 points for the 24th-ranked Huskies (19-5, 7-4 American Athletic Conference), which led 45-14 at the break.
Musa Abdul-Aleem had eight points for South Florida (12-13, 3-9), which has shed 3 of its last 4 games.
They were never in this one.
Amida Brimah opened up the game with the first of his 6 blocked tries. UConn's 7-foot freshman facility also had 2 dunks in the first 2 minutes as the Huskies went out to an early 8-0 lead. He finished with 9 points.
UConn held the Bulls to merely 4 baskets in the initial one-half and led by 31 after a dunk by Lasan Kromah simply before the halftime buzzer. UConn opened up the 2nd half on a 17-3 run and led by as many as 47.
" We just kept it rolling," stated UConn teacher Kevin Ollie." We stuffed the paint and everyone that stepped on the court acquired a basket and I assume that's remarkable.".
The Huskies had 12 players make it into the rating pillar and no starter played more than 25 mins. UConn had 24 helps on its 28 baskets.
" We feel like we are among the most effective teams in the nation and we can defeat any person," shared Daniels." Once we play UConn basketball and we play defense like we did today, we'll defeat anybody.".
Shabazz Napier, who had 7 points and 5 rebounds while playing simply 18 just mins, moved into UConn's top-ten scoring checklist. He passed Donyell Marshall with his initial factors and Khalid El-Amin with a 3-pointer that made it 13-3.
The Huskies held the Bulls without a field goal for a stretch of greater than 6 1/2 minutes during a 16-0 run put the Huskies up 33-7.
Kromah's dunk pressed the result in 31 factors and an alley-oop dunk by Facey pushed the lead over 40 at 59-17.
The Bulls shot merely 17 percent from the floor before intermission and Martino Brock also managed to shoot an air-ball on a free throw.
" We took some bad chances, tough decisions," said USF train Stan Heath." It appeared like at some time in time we would certainly have identified that challenging Brimah was probably not an advantage.".
Winner Rudd, which can be found in averaging 15 points for USF, was pursued simply one container and nine points.
Connecticut has succeeded 8 of its last 10 games and is 12-2 in your home, while South Florida was up to 5-4 when driving.
The Bulls have actually not beaten a rated challenger in 2 years, given that a February 2012 upset at Louisville.
Connecticut was missing 2 of its essential reserves. Forward Tyler Olander missed the game with the flu, and guard Omar Calhoun likewise stayed back in Storrs after enduring a concussion on Sunday.
South Florida played without point guard Anthony Collins who hasn't already played in the last 15 games due to a left knee injury.
The Bulls head house for a meeting with in-state competing Central Florida on Sunday. South Florida won their initial meeting this season, 79-78 on a free throw with 1 second left in overtime.
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UConn has a showdown with No. 20 Memphis on Saturday. The Huskies have currently beaten the Tigers when this period, a 10-point gain in Tennessee last month.
Connecticut entered the game holding opponents to merely over 64 points a game. Their last four opponents have actually balanced simply over 50.
" I assume we have been holding guys to a combined 33 percent," claimed Ollie." I would like to keep this momentum going. I would like to make certain we play protection. I merely say to the individuals to bring their locks.".
