US EditionUConn Fans Wait Eagerly for Men's Basketball Season Opener
UConn won its 34th straight nonconference home game with key players stepping up amid injuries while New Haven impressed in their Division I debut with 53% shooting.
- On Monday, UConn men's basketball team defeated New Haven 79-55 in Storrs, with coach Dan Hurley saying 'Two things can be true' about the win.
- New Haven Chargers men's basketball team entered Division I with 17 new players, while UConn was shorthanded as Tarris Reed Jr., Braylon Mullins, and Jacob Furphy were held out.
- Alex Karaban led the Huskies with a 19-point, 10-rebound double-double while UConn managed only 11 assists on 27 made baskets and endured shooting slumps.
- Hurley called the result both painful and promising after a 24-point win as UConn men's basketball team prepares to face UMass Lowell in Hartford on Friday.
- New Haven impressed by shooting 23 of 52 and hitting 53% inside the arc, while Andre Pasha led with 17 points and the Chargers cut the margin to 15 late.
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UConn fans wait eagerly for men's basketball season opener
STORRS, Conn. (WTNH) -- The University of Connecticut's men's basketball team had its season opener at the Gampel Pavilion in Storrs Monday evening, beating the University of New Haven Chargers decisively, 79-55. The game didn't tip off until 7 p.m., but UConn fans were waiting in line before the sun even rose Monday morning. "I think we're going to have to sleep out here as the games go on and the games get bigger," said UConn junior Bella Toma…
No. 4 UConn men’s basketball opens season with ‘excruciating’ 79-55 win over New Haven
STORRS – Two things can be true, UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley said of his team’s 79-55 season-opening win over New Haven on Monday night. It was both a “painful,” “excruciating” evening where the Huskies didn’t meet their standard, and a promising 24-point win for a team that is just getting started and has shown its potential in preseason games against higher-level opponents, without yet taking the court fully healthy. The Chargers, …
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