 Men's Basketball Blasts Fairfield 100-66
12/22/2000
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 | | Connecticut's Taliek Brown (12) brings the ball downcourt pursued by Fairfield's Kyle Walsh. (AP Photo/Bob Child) |
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Number 11 Connecticut had a 100-66 win tonight over Fairfield.
The win was the ninth in a row for the Huskies while Fairfield fell to 3-6.
Albert Mouring scored 18 of his game-high 22 points in the second half.
The Huskies never trailed in the game, taking an early 9-2 lead as Edmund Saunders, Taliek Brown, Caron Butler and Mouring all scored.
It was 18-11 when the Huskies went on a 13-2 run with Johnny Selvie scoring seven of the points. Selvie finished with 13 of his 21 in the first half when U-Conn
took a 48-31 lead.
Mouring scored eight quick points in the second half as UConn pushed the lead to 58-33.
The Stags got within 15, 74-59, on a three-pointer by Jermaine Clark with 9:20 left, but four points by Saunders and a three-point play by Mouring made it 81-59.
Fairfield did not get within 20 the rest of the way.
Saunders and Butler had 16 points apiece.
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