Huskies make it 8 in a row, South Florida stuns Syracuse, Cincy topples St. John’s
No.17 UConn 84 No.18 Notre Dame 76
A.J. Price left Notre Dame with more questions than answers after Wednesday night, as Price led No.17 UConn past No.18 Notre Dame 84-76 in the match up of the week in the Big East. The Huskies survived another dominating performance by Irish forward Luke Harangody, who had 32 points and 16 rebounds in the game.
Price dished out nine assists to go along with his 26 points, and he connected on four 3-pointers and shot 10-of-19 from the field. Jeff Adrien added 13 points and nine boards and Craig Austie added 14, but it was Austrie at the defensive end matched up against Irish guard Kyle McAlarney that made the difference. McAlarney was held to just 12 points this time around, after buring UConn (19-5, 8-3) for 32 in the first meeting earlier this season. The Irish were unable to get other players on track aside from Harangody and head coach Mike Brey couldn’t find someone to step up in place of McAlarney. UConn’s defense in the second half held Notre (18-5, 8-3) Dame to 33 percent shooting
South Florida 89 Syracuse 78
As impressive as UConn’s victory over Notre Dame was, South Florida stole the show on Wednesday night, shocking Syracuse 89-78 behind the duo of Kentrell Gransberry and Dominique Jones. Gransberry had 23 and nine rebounds and Jones scored a game-high 29 points. South Florida (11-15, 2-11)blew a 16-point to DePaul in their last contest, but used a 20-1 run down the stretch to run away from the Orange. Donte Greene led Syracuse (17-9, 7-6) with 17 points and Jonny Flynn added 16. Flynn has now logged 40 minutes in each of the last six games.
Cincinnati 60 St. John’s 43
Cincinnati surpassed their win total from a year ago with a 60-43 win over St. John’s. John Williamson led the Bearcats with 25 points and 11 rebounds. Cincinnati (12-12, 7-5) held St John’s a terrible night shooting, making just 12 field goals the entire game, five of which came from beyond the arc. The Red Storm (10-14, 4-9) shot just 5-of-22 in the 1st half, and had their three game winning streak snapped in the process. The Bearcats find themselves currently in the thick of the Big East Tournament picture.
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