Huskies Roll Past Stanford and into Sweet 16
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Boxscore(.pdf) SPOKANE, WA (March 22) -- Sophomore guard Ben Gordon (Mt.
Vernon, NY) scored 29 points on eight-for-14 shooting from the field including
four-of-five from three point range and sophomore center Emeka Okafor (Houston,
TX) notched his 21st double-double of the year with 18 points and 15 rebounds as
the #5 seed University of Connecticut men's basketball team defeated #4 seed
Stanford, 85-74, in the second round of the NCAA Division I men's basketball
Championship in Spokane, Washington.
With the triumph, UConn advances to the Sweet 16 for the ninth time
in eleven NCAA Tournament appearances under Head Coach Jim Calhoun and
improves to 23-9 on the season while Stanford finishes its season at
24-9.
Stanford led at halftime by a 44-40 count and the Huskies took the
lead for the first time in the second half when Gordon connected on a
three pointer with 16:56 left to play, making it, 49-47, Huskies.
Stanford then opened up a three point lead on two different occasions,
but the Huskies took the lead for good, 58-56, on Okafor's jumper with
13:25 remaining.
The Huskies played particularly well when Okafor went to the bench
with his fourth personal foul with 6:05 left in the contest. The
Huskies led by six when Okafor was whistled for his fourth, and
increased that lead for the rest of the game.
Joining Okafor and Gordon in double-figures for UConn were a pair
of guards that came off the bench-Tony Robertson (Providence, RI) with
11 points and Rashad Anderson (Lakeland, Fl) with 10. UConn
played outstanding defense in the second half, limiting the Cardinal
to 39.3% shooting (11-for-28) after Stanford shot 47.1% in the first
half.
Stanford had three players in double-figure scoring led by Julius
Barnes with 23 points while Justin Davis recorded a double-double with
19 points and 10 rebounds. Rob little added 12 points for
Stanford.
Connecticut will face the winner of the Texas vs. Purdue match-up
set to tip-off Sunday at 4:40pm. |
