Solo ball He scored a career-high 23 points and No. 19 UConn beat Butler 80-78 in overtime Tuesday night.
Alex Karaban He added 19 points, seven rebounds, six assists and three blocks for the Huskies (14-5, 6-2 Big East), who were coming off a home loss to Creighton last Saturday. The two-time defending national champion is 2-2 on an eight-game winning streak.
Samson Johnson and Taris Reid Jr. had 14 points each. Reid gave UConn an 80-76 lead on the basket with 19.9 seconds left in overtime after Karapan stripped the ball on his way to the hoop.
Beautiful Telfort He scored 25 for Butler (8-11, 1-7) but missed a pair of 3-pointers in the final three seconds that could have given the Bulldogs their first win over UConn.
Finley Bizbak added 17 points Andrei Skrein He scored 13 points and nine rebounds.
UConn led by 15 at halftime and 39-31 at halftime. Butler erased a nine-point deficit in the final 6:50 of regulation and took a two-point lead before Karapan with 1:43 remaining sent the game into overtime tied at 68.
Ready meals
Butler: Dropped to 0-11 against UConn. The first meeting came in the 2011 NCAA Championship game.
UConn: Karapan made his 94th career start for the Huskies despite suffering an ankle injury late in Saturday’s loss to Creighton. UConn freshman Liam McNealy He missed his fifth consecutive game due to an ankle injury.
Key moment
Butler took the lead early in overtime before Karapan tied the score with a 3-pointer and then hit a 3-pointer.
Key statistics
UConn was 4-for-6 from the field in overtime after struggling to make shots down the stretch in regulation.
the next
Butler hosts DePaul on Saturday, and UConn visits Xavier.
Associated Press report.
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