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====== January 25, 2011 - Connecticut vs. Marquette ====== | ====== January 25, 2011 - Connecticut vs. Marquette ====== | ||
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+ | ===== Freshman Steps Up As UConn Slips Past Marquette ===== | ||
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+ | It made no difference. | ||
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+ | The Huskies trailed, 56-51, with 11 minutes 24 seconds remaining but turned the game completely around with a 17-4 run featuring Lamb and Walker on the offensive end and a stifling defensive performance that limited the Golden Eagles to just four free throws over that stretch. | ||
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+ | Walker finished 5 for 16 from the field in 39 minutes and missed all five of his three-pointers but still found a way to make a difference by dishing out a game-high nine assists. He grabbed six rebounds and added two steals for UConn (17-2, 5-2 Big East). | ||
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+ | "That really can't happen. We've just got to guard, period." | ||
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+ | The 6-foot-5 Lamb hit 9 of 14 shots including 3 of 4 three-pointers as he bested his previous high of 16 points. Roscoe Smith added 11 points and eight rebounds. UConn won on the boards, 39-34, despite leading rebounder Alex Oriakhi being a non-factor in 21 minutes due to foul trouble. | ||
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+ | "We did a really poor job on (Lamb)," | ||
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+ | [[Darius Johnson-Odom]] added 18 points, [[Dwight Buycks]] 13 and [[Jae Crowder]] 10 points and a game-high nine rebounds for the Golden Eagles (13-8, 4-4). | ||
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+ | UConn led, 38-31, at halftime, but MU used a 13-3 run midway through the second half - sparked by seven points from Butler - to regain the lead at 56-51. | ||
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+ | MU had success posting Butler up repeatedly, leaving him to either score in the post or be fouled. It was at that point that UConn adjusted defensively. | ||
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+ | "I told Roscoe to front him, that I didn't want him touching the ball in the post," said Huskies Hall of Fame coach Jim Calhoun. "We started switching everything, and that worked pretty well." | ||
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+ | The Golden Eagles wound up missing seven straight shots and turning the ball over three times in that stretch. Conversely, the Huskies scored on seven consecutive possessions and eight of nine. | ||
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+ | "It seemed when Marquette got down, they kind of hurried to catch back up with us," Calhoun said. "I think when they got up they thought maybe this might be it. They withstood our runs, got a lead and so on. And all of a sudden they get down again, they hurry up, we slowed down and ran our stuff and got good shots." | ||
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+ | Such lapses - particularly defensively - have become commonplace for the Golden Eagles as they' | ||
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+ | "We say that we learn from it, then we go out and do the exact same thing over and over again," | ||
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