Highlights - UConn MBB 89, Columbia 62

Solo Ball, Alex Karaban & Tarris Reed, Jr lead teh way as the Huskies go to 3-0 ahead of BYU Saturday

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
We begin after a couple of threes early from Blair
Thompson and he ended up with ten points in the game.
They got off Columbia to a six to two lead.
Yukon was able to tie it up at six apiece.
That's when Alex Caravan and Terras Reid Junior went to
work Stewart to the front court. Here's Caravan long three,

(00:20):
got it from the right side on a feed from
Reed and yukonra.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
Gains the lead nine to six.

Speaker 1 (00:26):
We got that one backwards, didn't I Seven straight points
by Yukon and the nine to six lead Caravans three
on the assist by Terras Reed.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
That was his one assist of the game.

Speaker 1 (00:35):
Alex two for five from three in the game and
he ends up with twenty points in the ballgame. Now
Caravan and Ribo working together as Yukon was able to
take a twelve to nine lead early in this one.

Speaker 2 (00:50):
Yukon working on a perimeter.

Speaker 1 (00:51):
Malachi Smith, who just came in the ballgame, kicks it
left to Caravan, picking Roll goes to.

Speaker 2 (00:55):
Rib and Riba stuffs at home.

Speaker 1 (00:57):
What a play by Caravan and you'd like to see
that by rybuk Eric Raiba Tonight was able to contribute
four points and four rebounds as he played fourteen minutes.
The freshman and then Jadeen Ross had an impact in
this one. He made three threes in the game. You
kind had gone one of six to start from distance,

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made their next two, and Ross on the end of
a fast break gave Yukon a nine point lead twenty
two to thirteen. Brown can't get the shot off, Sulus
tries back rim no good, repounded and loose and Demriy
comes up with it, sprinting to the front court three
on one, back to Ross for three and he hits
Jaden Ross on the run hits a triple and Jaden

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on the Night was able to chip in with ten
points in twenty three minutes before fouling out on this one.
A solo ball Keaten eleven zero run for Yukon is
and they extended that to twenty seven to four over
seven and a half minutes, as they were able to
open up a thirty to fifteen lead. You're condleting by
thirteen hundred six minutes to go. In the first Demery

(02:03):
on the right sideline holds now. He starts back to
his left, being guarded by O'Keefe gives the ball into.

Speaker 2 (02:10):
Paint solo, nice play hung in the air and back
to in a.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
Ball with a nice drive inside solo in this one,
leading the way with twenty three points three of nine
from three, but he was seven to fifteen overalls. He
took it to the basket for the Huskies and ended
up with the twenty three points. Terrace Reid second game
now back nineteen points, eight rebounds, and he gets it
done efficiently in twenty five minutes. Here he is on

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the offensive glass millinder with it outside the arc, high
post hand off Read straight on the basket. Terras puts
it on the floor and he hands it off to Demri.
Demery goes down lowd puts up a float or it's
no good tipped in oh Terra's Reid. He came off
the roof for that one way above the rim. Reid
and you Kin let at halftime fifty to twenty seven.

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Second half began and they extended the lead to twenty
six points. Is Read and Demri working together act the
other way front court right. It's Demrie to read and
Read powers his way in off the right wing and
banks at home fifty nine thirty three Read with eleven

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silas with the nine assists tonight five points. He also
had six rebounds in twenty six minutes. Malachai Smith comes
off the bench to back him up. Sometimes they play together.
Malachi had five points in this game. He had a rebound,
a couple of assists. Played twenty one minutes and here
he is going to work, driving into the paint.

Speaker 2 (03:38):
Malachai Smith driving by his man.

Speaker 1 (03:39):
To the basket, reverses it up and End took advantage
of Sanders that time, and Malachi delivers a deuce.

Speaker 2 (03:49):
Smith now with five points.

Speaker 1 (03:51):
Clumber, you would answer with a nine to two run
there midway in the second half, but yu Khon had
control throughout Read and Demory again working as u Kon
extended their lead to sixty six to forty two. Terrace
raid backdoor cut Stewart to Demury, Demery into the paint to.

Speaker 2 (04:09):
Read and he dunks.

Speaker 1 (04:11):
Nice play by Demury, lost his balance on the way in,
but found Reid.

Speaker 2 (04:16):
That's always a good idea. He's got fifteen. Now you count.

Speaker 1 (04:19):
Forty to twenty four points in the paint, twenty two
assists as I mentioned on thirty baskets, and we wrap
it up with solo ball on the defense and then
on the offense, Jared o'keef on the right sideline hands
it up the ridder up front. Now bedvie, they worked
the baseline on a steal by ball in a backdoor attempt,
ball on a runout to the basket all the way

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in and he lays it.

Speaker 2 (04:41):
In coast to coast for solo and ball.

Speaker 1 (04:44):
Now in nineteen seventy five to fifty two, Yukon You
Come eleven fast break points. Tonight they had seven blocks
nine steals as they route Columbia eighty nine to sixty two.
Had to go three to zero on the season.