No. 3 Huskies Roll Previous Columbia, 89-62

STORRS – The No. 3 UConn males’s basketball staff (3-0) constructed a 27-point first half lead and cruised to an 89-62 victory over Columbia (1-1) on Monday night time at a sold-out Gampel Pavilion. Solo Ball led all scorers with 23 factors, Alex Karaban had 20 and Tarris Reed Jr. scored 19 and grabbed eight rebounds in ther win.

For the sport the Huskies shot a blistering 56.6 p.c from the ground and 43.5 p.c from 3-point vary. UConn took a 23-point halftime result in the locker room and had been up as many as 29 within the second half. Jayden Ross joined UConn’s prime three scorers in double-figures and completed with 10 factors, going 3-of-3 from 3-point vary and swatting two blocks. Silas Demary Jr. dished out a game-high 9 assists, most for a Husky this season, as Connecticut recorded a helper on 22 of its 30 made baskets. Miles Franklin and Blair Thompson tied for the CU lead with 10 factors apiece.

How it Happened

The Lions hit a pair of early 3-pointers to place UConn in its first deficit of the season, however a 7-0 mini-run capped by a Karaban triple put the Huskies up 9-6 forward of the primary media stoppage at 14:27.

The Lions pulled again inside one halfway by the primary half earlier than back-to-back 3-pointers from Malachi Smith and Ross put the Huskies up seven and prompted a CU timeout at 10:31. Those triples sparked a ferocious 14-0 UConn run, going up 28-13 for his or her largest lead.

Later within the first, the Huskies rattled off one other kill shot with an 11-0 run and took a 40-17 lead with a steal-and-slam from Karaban to set off one other timeout at 3:30 of the opening stanza. Connecticut took a 50-27 result in the half behind a 60.6 p.c taking pictures begin, 14 opening half factors from Karaban and 13 from Ball.

The Lions outscored the Huskies for the primary section of the second half however solely pulled as shut as 19 forward of the U-8 timeout. UConn was capable of do greater than sufficient to maintain the sport comfortably out of attain and took the biggest lead of the night time at 2:25 when it went up 86-57.

Inside The Numbers

• The Huskies shot 56.6 p.c (30-53) from the sector and 43.5 p.c (10-23) from 3-point vary, holding the Lions to 37.5 p.c (21-56) and 23.8 p.c (5-21)
• UConn coughed it up solely six occasions, utilizing a +7 turnover margin to out-score CU 10-2 off miscues
• The Huskies assisted on 22 of 30 baskets, getting 9 from Demary Jr., most for any Husky this season, and 4 from Karaban
• Connecticut completed +2 on the glass with Reed pulling in eight caroms whereas Demary Jr. and Karaban every hauled in six
• UConn dominated the paint to the tune of a 40-24 scoring benefit inside
• The Huskies completed with a 7-2 edge in blocks and 9-4 lead in steals

News and Notes

• The Huskies enhance to 10-2 all-time in opposition to the Lions and have not misplaced within the collection since 1976
• UConn has gained 36-straight dwelling non-conference video games courting again to Nov. 2019 and is 45-2 in dwelling non-conference video games below Dan Hurley
• Connecticut has gained 35 of its final 38 video games at Gampel Pavilion
• UConn is 45-5 (.900) in non-conference video games for the reason that begin of the ’22-23 season
• Ross‘ double-figure scoring recreation was the third of his profession
• With 20 factors on the day, Karaban now has 1,415 for his profession to maneuver previous Art Quimby (1,398) into 24^th place in program historical past – he sits 11 behind Emeka Okafor in 23^rd place with 1,426
• Ball and Karaban had been the primary UConn teammates to each document 20 in a recreation since Feb. 26, 2025 when Ball and Reed Jr. did so vs. Georgetown
• Karaban recorded the 16^th recreation of his profession with 20 or extra factors, whereas Ball notched his sixth
• UConn hit doubled-digit 3-pointers for the primary time this season

Up Next

The Huskies head to the TD Garden on Saturday, Nov. 15 for a top-10 showdown with No. 7 BYU. Tip off on the Hall of Fame Series Boston is about for 7 p.m. on FOX.