Liam McNeeley scored 17 factors and No. 25 UConn got here again from an early deficit to beat No. 15 Baylor 76-72 on Wednesday night time within the Big 12-Big East Battle.
Only Ball made two late free throws and completed with 11 factors because the Huskies iced the sport from the foul line. Samson Johnson had 13 factors for UConn (6-3), the two-time defending NCAA champion.
Robert Wright III scored 22 factors, Langston Love 16 and Norchad Omier completed with 14 for Baylor (5-3), the 2021 nationwide champion.
Aidan Mahaney hit a 3-pointer and Tarris Reed Jr. scored 4 factors in a 10-2 run to offer the Huskies an eight-point lead with 7:48 left after UConn held double digits within the first half.
Baylor scored the primary seven factors and twice led by 11 earlier than the Huskies started to crumble. Mahaney drained a pair of 3s after which assisted on Johnson’s layup. Four consecutive free throws by Johnson gave UConn a 31-28 lead.
A layup by Jeremy Roach with 21 seconds left pulled Baylor inside 37-36 at halftime.
Roach left with 15:41 remaining with an obvious damage and didn’t return.
UConn performed its second straight recreation with out main scorer Alex Karaban as he recovers from a concussion.
Baylor freshman VJ Edgecombe remained out with a hamstring damage.
Associated Press reporting.
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