Finally Beating Ranked Team, Connecticut Upsets Marquette
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Hasheem Thabeet had 15 points, 7 rebounds and 6 blocked shots and host Connecticut ended its seven-game losing streak against ranked teams, beating No. 13 Marquette, 89-73, on Sunday.
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In a season marked by upsets, it seemed only fitting that the underdog Huskies held off the 11th-ranked Bulls for a victory that put the team in first place in the Big East Conference.
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There&#39;s no stat for smiles, but Connecticut had plenty to go around Thursday night. The 11th-ranked Huskies were a regular fun bunch, cruising to a 123-71 win over instate rival Quinnipiac.
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Dominic James scores a season-high 25 points and leads a late surge to help No. 13 Marquette beat No. 9 Duke, 73-62, on Tuesday.
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Rutgers upsets Connecticut, 55-47, in the championship game of the Big East tournament, the first loss for the Huskies in conference play this season and the first Big East tournament title for Rutgers.
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With leading scorer Salim Stoudamire benched, No. 15 Arizona relied on Chris Rodgers' 16 points and key late layup to beat Marquette 48-43 Saturday despite the Wildcats' lowest scoring output in nearly 20 years.
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Maya Moore led five Connecticut players in double figures with 23 points and seven rebounds, but the top-ranked Huskies got a battle from host Louisville yesterday before pulling away for a 92-71 victory to match their best start since 2002-03.
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For perhaps the first time ever at the university, the buzz at UConn is about football, after the Huskies defeated No. 11 South Florida on Saturday for the programâs first victory over a ranked team.
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A.J. Price scores 21 points and Connecticut closes the game on a 9-2 run for a 60-53 victory over No. 18 Pittsburgh, the Huskies' fifth straight win.
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No. 1 Connecticut absorbed the first blow in its showdown with North Carolina, shook it off, then came back to deliver the knockout.
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Barbara Turner had 17 points, 11 rebounds and two blocked shots to lead eighth-ranked Connecticut to a 55-32 victory Tuesday night over Hartford.
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Hasheem Thabeet had 15 points, seven rebounds and six blocked shots and Connecticut beat No. 13 Marquette 89-73 on Sunday, snapping the Huskies' seven-game losing streak against ranked teams.
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Jerel McNeal scored 17 points and Ousmane Barrow scored 14 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead Marquette to a 72-54 win against No. 22 Pittsburgh last night in Milwaukee.
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Connecticut reached the W.N.B.A. Finals for the first time by beating the Liberty on Sunday behind Taj McWilliams-Franklin's 18 points.
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STORRS, Conn. -- Connecticut has successfully made the transition from Division 1-AA to the Big East Conference. They've even won a bowl game. Now the Huskies are looking for some respect.
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Hey Huskies, are you jealous? Central Connecticut, which has played for years in the shadow of the mighty Connecticut Huskies, beat Sacred Heart, 74-70, last night in New Britain, Conn., to win the Northeast Conference tournament championship and a berth in the NCAA Tournament.
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Dominic James and Jerel McNeal scored 18 points each and No. 10 Marquette beat Coppin State 89-42 on Friday night.