Tarris Reed Jr. had 10 points and 12 rebounds off the bench to help No. 2 UConn end a three-game losing streak by beating Maryland Eastern Shore 99-44 Saturday in Hartford, Conn.
Liam McNeeley and Jaylin Stewart each scored a team-high 16 points for UConn. Solo Ball had 12, Aidan Mahaney 11, and Jayden Ross 10 for the Huskies, who lost to Memphis, Colorado and Dayton in the Maui Invitational.
UConn (5-3) played without Alex Karaban, who is in concussion protocol after sustaining a head injury in Wednesday’s loss to Dayton. Karaban is averaging a team-high 15.9 points per game.
UMES (2-9) received a game-high 18 points and six rebounds from Ketron Shaw. The Hawks have lost their last five games and fell to 0-9 in road games.
The Hawks shot 30 percent from the field (15 of 50) and were 2 of 14 from 3-point territory. UConn had a 48-23 edge in rebounds.
UMES scored the game’s first two points, but UConn went on a 13-0 burst. A 12-0 run later gave the Huskies a 30-8 lead. A three-point play by Mahaney gave UConn in front 35-16 with 1:02 left in the first half. UConn had a 40-18 halftime lead.
UMES shot 22.7 percent in the first half (5 of 22) and was outrebounded 27-8.
UConn led by 30 after scoring the first eight points in the second half. The Hawks failed to score in the first 3:11 of the half.
A 3-pointer by Isaiah Abraham capped an 11-0 spurt that put the Huskies in front 59-20 with 14:43 to play, and the second of Ball’s 3-pointers within 33 seconds extended UConn’s lead to 65-25 with 13:23 remaining.
The Huskies made 25 of their 27 free throw attempts.
–Field Level Media
