Solo Ball scored a team-high 23 factors to guide No. 3 UConn to an 89-62 win over Columbia on Monday evening in Storrs, Conn.
Ball and Alex Karaban (20 factors, six rebounds, 4 assists) mixed for five of the ten 3-pointers for the Huskies (3-0), who shot 56.6% from the ground and led by as many as 29.
The UConn lead was 50-27 at halftime earlier than Tarris Reed Jr. scored 13 of his 19 factors after the break whereas flattening eight rebounds and recording two blocks and three steals.
Jayden Ross (10 factors) rounded out double-digit scorers for UConn, which has received 36 straight non-conference house video games together with three in a row to start this season.
Miles Franklin and Blair Thompson scored 10 factors apiece, and Mason Ritter pulled down seven rebounds for Columbia (1-1).
Columbia trailed simply 14-13 after an early 6-2 lead on the energy of back-to-back 3-pointers by Thompson and Zine Eddine Bedri.
The center of that span featured the primary key swing in UConn’s path although, with Karaban scoring seven straight factors to start an 8-0 spurt.
A 14-0 run throughout six-plus minutes modified the sport for good, giving the hosts a 28-13 lead with 6:30 left within the half. Ross hit two threes in the course of the phase, together with a transition shot to set off a timeout for Columbia, which was within the midst of an 0-for-10 stretch.
After the guests sank two of the subsequent three baskets, the Huskies prolonged their result in 24 with one other double-digit run of 11 straight factors. Three UConn gamers nailed a 3-pointer earlier than Karaban made a steal and dunk in transition to increase the benefit to 41-17.
The Huskies had been 6-of-8 on the foul line within the first 4 minutes of the second half. Reed highlighted that stretch with a troublesome driving end.
Simply previous the midway level of the half, Franklin scored consecutive Columbia buckets together with a two-handed, fastbreak dunk with 7:49 left, briefly bringing the deficit inside 20 factors at 69-50.
Ball’s steal-and-score helped a late 10-2 run again UConn’s method. He banged in a 3-pointer for a 29-point Husky lead with 2:25 left.
–Subject Degree Media
