January 29, 2026 • 7 mins
Mike Crispino runs thru the highlights after the Huskies fight off the Friars in Storrs
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We begin with Solo ball knocking one down from long
distance as Yukon went up five to two.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Yukhan front court left.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Here's Demry out front to read read the high post
left faces up.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
They're not guarding him out there. Demri gets it back.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Here's ball for three, and Solo delivers a triple from
the left wing, and Yukhon leads five to two. And
Solo played well tonight for the Huskies. He ended up
in thirty four minutes, scoring seventeen points. That was one
of only two threes by him, two for ten. A
Melachai Smith had been struggling the last several games for
(00:36):
the Huskies, had a good start to his career here
for seven games it averaged seven points a game and
struggled lately to shoot the ball, but not tonight. He
came up big a couple of threes early and yu
Khan was able to lead fourteen to thirteen after Providence
had a five point lead.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Ball ball for.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Three, no good read bout to by Caravan, kickout Ross,
Ross drives to the paint ball on the right wing.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Solo.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
A screen from Ross fires to Malachi for three. Malachi
knocks it down on the right sideline. So a triple
by Malachi and you caught up fourteen thirteen.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Boy, they really needed that early. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Malachi Smith ended up on the night with twelve points.
He made four threes, four for four, that's big. He
also had seven assists.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
In the game.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Silas demriy you got off to a good start from
three to were five of their first nine and now
Huskies had their first ten point lead, and really those
were hard to come by. It was twenty nine to
nineteen Yukon nine and a half to go in the
first thanks to Demri Malika up front to Demri in
the front court, left off the high screen of Riba
demery for three long range got it. So demery On
(01:47):
loads a long distance three, Yukon by ten twenty nine
to nineteen and signed us with fifteen. On the night,
he made three threes and Yukon seemed to be in control.
Caravan did not score well tonight, three to fourteen from
the field two to five, though from three ends up
with eight points and here's one of his threes to
give Yukon a six point thirty eight thirty two lead.
(02:10):
Smith up a double screen back to Caravan three by
Alex Good straight away. Caravan knocks one down thirty eight
to thirty two. U come, it was deep, maybe five
feet beyond the three point line top of the circle,
and you cut eleven of twenty four from distance tonight
forty six percent. As they went at eighty seven to
eighty one. Just before the half, Solo, ball and Caraban
(02:34):
combined to give you Kon a seven point lead forty
thirty three. Malachai on the left, Hash starts back to
his right, skips it left to Caravan.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
He get at the ball.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
A little floater by Solo drops in from twelve feet away.
Soft touch by ball. Yukon by seven forty thirty three.
Balls got six, and they ended up at halftime leading
forty one to thirty seven, not scoring a field goal
in the final three minutes and twenty seconds. Wow to
the second half and Silas Demri in this one sequence
(03:03):
gave you Gon some breathing room five minutes into it
by knocking down three two threes from distance. Demery drives inside.
I can't get a shot off. He gives the ribu
far corner. Demmery step back three tough shot.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Go baby oh He drills it a Demmery a Silencer
for the moment fifty to forty six and a steal
by Riba. I had to Malachi spinning Demur another three.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
He got it back to.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Back jacks by Silas and Dan Hurley's over there.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
To high five him.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Oh Man a one man wrecking crew Silas Demmery.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
When you need him most, he delivers, and he certainly
did in that sequence. We just talked to Eric Robber
in the postgame and he came up big for Yukon tonight,
made all six of his field goal attempts, had eight rebounds.
He ends up with fourteen points. Riba also had two
block shots. You cut nine blocks tonight, four of them
by Terras Reid, to by Alex Caravan, two by Riba.
(04:10):
And here's rib On Caravan combining six minutes into the
second half to give you Kon a seven point lead.
Demnory front court. Wright gives it up to Caravan in
the right way and Caravan and a cut to rib
On dunks nice fae by Alex Riba with a good
timing cut. Yukon fifty five forty eight. You con went
(04:31):
ended up with twenty three assists in this game, ten
turnovers and then back to Malachi again and we talked
about his struggles. Malakai in the first seven games for
the Huskies this year was aving seven points a game,
had some big ones in the garden against Florida, played
well against Illinois down there. But then the next thirteen
games he scored only thirty two points, so under three
(04:53):
points a game. He was shut out four times in
those next thirteen games. But here tonight he in a
big way as he ends up with twelve points. Ryot
the high post left and a hand off the caravan.
Caravan drives inside, tries.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
To put it up. He reversed it.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
No, he missed it. He got it back. Had some
Malakai for three and Malachi.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Did it again.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
He's got four of them, four long distance threes.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Smith was big yukon eleven forty to go, led by
seven sixty one to fifty four with Providence would not
go away, that's for sure. They got back within one
sixty five sixty four, and that's when Solo's mid range
game came into play. Reap with a couple of bounces
and a hand off to Solo elbow jumper ball heads
fifteen footer.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
That's a big one.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Yukhon maintains the lead sixty seven sixty four, and then
Terrace Reid, who has had to sit on the bench
with some foul issues, came up big in the final
five minutes. Here he is with caravan. His caravan has
his season high six assists, finding Reed was right back
(06:01):
to his Leptno screen by Caravan, gets it to Alex
download of Reid, Raid catches and lays it in twelve time.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Good assists by Caravan. He's got a bundle of six
for Alex.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Ended up with seven on the night, nine rebounds and
eight points, very close to triple double for Alex Caraban.
It was one more highlight from Terras Reid. With the
score seventy nine to seventy three. Reid played defense and
turned that into some massive offense. Providence has it here
they come front court sellers back to box of steel
(06:34):
by Reid.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Reid on a runout, he throws it down hamon a
go Ford Championship drive, fort Ziamona go forward in glaston.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Berry and Nama shop like a champion online anytime. It
was a runout, a two hand rimrocker by Terras Reid,
and you kind of let eighty one seventy three to one,
win eighty seven to eighty one back with more autogrip.
Post game show continues from Brown, Payne, Derris and Scott.
This is Yukon men's basketball on lear Field.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Welcome to the Chevy
We begin with Solo ball knocking one down from long
distance as Yukon went up five to two.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Yukhan front court left.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Here's Demry out front to read read the high post
left faces up.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
They're not guarding him out there. Demri gets it back.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Here's ball for three, and Solo delivers a triple from
the left wing, and Yukhon leads five to two. And
Solo played well tonight for the Huskies. He ended up
in thirty four minutes, scoring seventeen points. That was one
of only two threes by him, two for ten. A
Melachai Smith had been struggling the last several games for
(00:36):
the Huskies, had a good start to his career here
for seven games it averaged seven points a game and
struggled lately to shoot the ball, but not tonight. He
came up big a couple of threes early and yu
Khan was able to lead fourteen to thirteen after Providence
had a five point lead.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Ball ball for.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Three, no good read bout to by Caravan, kickout Ross,
Ross drives to the paint ball on the right wing.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Solo.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
A screen from Ross fires to Malachi for three. Malachi
knocks it down on the right sideline. So a triple
by Malachi and you caught up fourteen thirteen.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Boy, they really needed that early. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Malachi Smith ended up on the night with twelve points.
He made four threes, four for four, that's big. He
also had seven assists.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
In the game.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Silas demriy you got off to a good start from
three to were five of their first nine and now
Huskies had their first ten point lead, and really those
were hard to come by. It was twenty nine to
nineteen Yukon nine and a half to go in the
first thanks to Demri Malika up front to Demri in
the front court, left off the high screen of Riba
demery for three long range got it. So demery On
(01:47):
loads a long distance three, Yukon by ten twenty nine
to nineteen and signed us with fifteen. On the night,
he made three threes and Yukon seemed to be in control.
Caravan did not score well tonight, three to fourteen from
the field two to five, though from three ends up
with eight points and here's one of his threes to
give Yukon a six point thirty eight thirty two lead.
(02:10):
Smith up a double screen back to Caravan three by
Alex Good straight away. Caravan knocks one down thirty eight
to thirty two. U come, it was deep, maybe five
feet beyond the three point line top of the circle,
and you cut eleven of twenty four from distance tonight
forty six percent. As they went at eighty seven to
eighty one. Just before the half, Solo, ball and Caraban
(02:34):
combined to give you Kon a seven point lead forty
thirty three. Malachai on the left, Hash starts back to
his right, skips it left to Caravan.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
He get at the ball.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
A little floater by Solo drops in from twelve feet away.
Soft touch by ball. Yukon by seven forty thirty three.
Balls got six, and they ended up at halftime leading
forty one to thirty seven, not scoring a field goal
in the final three minutes and twenty seconds. Wow to
the second half and Silas Demri in this one sequence
(03:03):
gave you Gon some breathing room five minutes into it
by knocking down three two threes from distance. Demery drives inside.
I can't get a shot off. He gives the ribu
far corner. Demmery step back three tough shot.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Go baby oh He drills it a Demmery a Silencer
for the moment fifty to forty six and a steal
by Riba. I had to Malachi spinning Demur another three.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
He got it back to.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Back jacks by Silas and Dan Hurley's over there.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
To high five him.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Oh Man a one man wrecking crew Silas Demmery.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
When you need him most, he delivers, and he certainly
did in that sequence. We just talked to Eric Robber
in the postgame and he came up big for Yukon tonight,
made all six of his field goal attempts, had eight rebounds.
He ends up with fourteen points. Riba also had two
block shots. You cut nine blocks tonight, four of them
by Terras Reid, to by Alex Caravan, two by Riba.
(04:10):
And here's rib On Caravan combining six minutes into the
second half to give you Kon a seven point lead.
Demnory front court. Wright gives it up to Caravan in
the right way and Caravan and a cut to rib
On dunks nice fae by Alex Riba with a good
timing cut. Yukon fifty five forty eight. You con went
(04:31):
ended up with twenty three assists in this game, ten
turnovers and then back to Malachi again and we talked
about his struggles. Malakai in the first seven games for
the Huskies this year was aving seven points a game,
had some big ones in the garden against Florida, played
well against Illinois down there. But then the next thirteen
games he scored only thirty two points, so under three
(04:53):
points a game. He was shut out four times in
those next thirteen games. But here tonight he in a
big way as he ends up with twelve points. Ryot
the high post left and a hand off the caravan.
Caravan drives inside, tries.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
To put it up. He reversed it.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
No, he missed it. He got it back. Had some
Malakai for three and Malachi.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Did it again.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
He's got four of them, four long distance threes.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Smith was big yukon eleven forty to go, led by
seven sixty one to fifty four with Providence would not
go away, that's for sure. They got back within one
sixty five sixty four, and that's when Solo's mid range
game came into play. Reap with a couple of bounces
and a hand off to Solo elbow jumper ball heads
fifteen footer.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
That's a big one.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Yukhon maintains the lead sixty seven sixty four, and then
Terrace Reid, who has had to sit on the bench
with some foul issues, came up big in the final
five minutes. Here he is with caravan. His caravan has
his season high six assists, finding Reed was right back
(06:01):
to his Leptno screen by Caravan, gets it to Alex
download of Reid, Raid catches and lays it in twelve time.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Good assists by Caravan. He's got a bundle of six
for Alex.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Ended up with seven on the night, nine rebounds and
eight points, very close to triple double for Alex Caraban.
It was one more highlight from Terras Reid. With the
score seventy nine to seventy three. Reid played defense and
turned that into some massive offense. Providence has it here
they come front court sellers back to box of steel
(06:34):
by Reid.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Reid on a runout, he throws it down hamon a
go Ford Championship drive, fort Ziamona go forward in glaston.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Berry and Nama shop like a champion online anytime. It
was a runout, a two hand rimrocker by Terras Reid,
and you kind of let eighty one seventy three to one,
win eighty seven to eighty one back with more autogrip.
Post game show continues from Brown, Payne, Derris and Scott.
This is Yukon men's basketball on lear Field.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Welcome to the Chevy
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