Highlights - UConn MBB 73, Marquette 57

Solo Ball's 17 leads the way and the bigs dominate as the pull away to beat the Golden Eagles for a 6th straight time

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Begin with a slow slog in this one, but the Huskies,
who were able to take a lead early and did
not look back, the game was never tie. Was tied
for about a minute forty six Pardoner Yukon left for
about thirty eight minutes.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
We begin with Terras Reed with a power move inside.

Speaker 1 (00:18):
From Braylan Mulleins front Corn left out front to caravan
high post Kidde Mullins downloaded. Reed makes the catch, working
on gold read able to reverse it home. Tarannosaurus Read
with a strong move and.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
It's four to two.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
Yukon and Reid would end up with thirteen points and
nine rebounds in twenty four minutes. Eric Riba the second
half of the dual headed dragon that the Huskies play
at center. Riba in this ballgame at nine points and
six rebounds and fifteen minutes, and here he is working
with Jalen Stewart back to the Rite up a screen

(00:54):
by Riba.

Speaker 2 (00:54):
They go download a. Ribey makes the catch and puts
it in right hand.

Speaker 1 (00:58):
Nice pass Jalen Stewart on the open man and you
can't late sixteen to eight, they've double up the Golden Eagles.
You con there by eight they extended to nine when
they were getting late in the shot clock and Alex
Caravan had to make something happen. Paul looking down load,
a Caravan can't get to him, starts to his right.
Good defense right now by Demarius Owens. He fires right

(01:20):
to Malachi Smith. Huskies are down, running out of time.
Caravan drives baseline and he's to fit home. Yeah, Caravan
just did beat the shot clock as you con went
up twenty four point fifteen, just under eight minutes to
go in the first half. And then a nice sequence
here defense leading to offenses. You con ended up with
eight blocks on the afternoon and this one led to three.

(01:44):
And the woman on the left sideline off a high
screen right clutch into the paint, try to float it up.

Speaker 2 (01:49):
Block by reed. Fifth block by the Huskies.

Speaker 1 (01:53):
Here's Demer to the front court, top of the arc,
fires up at three. He got silence, Demmery fast break
points and a Husky's up thirty one twenty and then
they were able to beat the buzzer as Marquette fought
their way back and he got within six late in
the first half. That's when terras Reid went to work
with Melchi Smith. He can out down eight seconds left

(02:14):
in the half. Here's Malachi drives it to his right,
scoops down low, gets to raid and raid stuffs at
home right handed, and that ends the half. U Khan
was up thirty seven twenty nine at the break, holding
Marquette to some very low shooting percentages in the game
thirty two point three, only five of twenty four from

(02:36):
three overall. We'll get to more of that now, on
to the second half of stats. Solo Ball and Yukon
running the fast break because they had eleven fast break
points here this afternoon, Chase Ross misses a floater and
it's rebound of by Raid out let Paul.

Speaker 2 (02:51):
Paul attacks the rim. Eh, it's gone.

Speaker 1 (02:56):
That is fouled, and Chase Ross just might have committed
his fourth foul. No Ball, who finished with seventeen was
the game's high score. We just talked to him a moment.
Ago also had eight rebounds. As you kind of rebounded
Marquette forty nine to thirty seven. They continued these last
five games, you kind of out rebounding their opponent by
just under fifteen a game.

Speaker 2 (03:17):
That's a big number.

Speaker 1 (03:18):
Now, Riba and Caravan combining as you can, got the
lead back up to nineteen with thirteen and a half
to go. Malachi front court right right sideline carded by
Nigel James Leftandravil fires to Caravant, pick and roll to
Riba Riba catches, puts it in. Had he's foul, so

(03:38):
Eric skillful big man nine points four to six from
the field, also had six rebounds in the game and
Jalen stillard quality minutes without Jayden Ross available, still dealing
with a hamstring problem. Jayden came in and he does
a little bit of everything. Played twenty one minutes, had
six points, four rebounds, three assists, Facts thought about shooting,

(04:01):
backs away and goes download over reed it makes the catch,
gives him on the mouse to Stewart and Stewart stuffs
at all. Jays still on a nice assist from terras Reid.
Twenty point lead first time this afternoon, one of three
assists by terras Reid. Yukon had three men with three assists,

(04:21):
a four men pardon me with three assists, and Mala
Guy Smith had two. So everyone's sharing the load for
Yukon and then Braylyn mullins about an off day, did
not shoot it well three for ten, but he's got
the ability to make some splash plays, and here's one
of them. Mullins guarded by Trade Norman, the junior guard.

(04:41):
Mullins try to turn.

Speaker 2 (04:42):
The corner and nine throws up at three. Tough shot.

Speaker 1 (04:45):
Oh went in a bullseye from the left sideline and
he was guarded. And Mullins has got great range, quick
trigger and a very accurate shooter, though it wasn't the
case here this afternoon, seventy three fifty seven of AD's
up to Yukon's straight win. They're fourteen and one, four
to zero in the conference and Marquett drops at five
and ten, zero and four in the conference.