Jalen Adams wasn’t about to have his season end without a fight.
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Jalen Adams saved Connecticut’s season with this miraculous third-overtime heave from beyond mid-court, and allowed the Huskies to pick up a 104-97 win when it needed it most in the ensuing fourth overtime. Miller scored 18 points and picked up seven rebounds in the first matchup, and 15 points and 4 rebounds in the second.
Regardless, I highly encourage you to watch the entirety of his post game presser because Mick Cronin verbally abusing anyone and everyone in his way is just good ol’ fashioned entertainment.
Walker became famous for taking UConn through the Big East Tournament with the “5 games in 5 days” trip, in which UConn went through five teams, four being ranked teams, to win the Big East Championship.
“Oh my god!” is what the Sports Pope bellowed out live as Adams nailed the shot (video/audio above).
“I saw them make a 3, I was upset about it, but the least I could do was to get a shot up”, Adams said. Daniel Hamilton missed a shot on the ensuing possession. “And that was just unbelievable”. Purvis also fouled out in the fourth overtime.
“It’s not going to be a battle where we go up and down and we’re all going to score 100 points”, said UConn coach Kevin Ollie during this week’s AAC coaches conference call.
Fifth-seeded UConn (22-10) will meet No. 1 seed Temple in the American Athletic semifinals Saturday at 3 p.m. The Bearcats (22-10) will have to sweat out Selection Sunday. Cincinnati went four minutes without scoring, and Hamilton hit a jumper followed by a 3-pointer to give the Huskies a 47-45 lead with 12 minutes remaining.
The winning team has scored 70 or more points just three times.
ABOUT CONNECTICUT (22-10): Amida Brimah, a 7-0 junior center, averages a team-best 2.6 blocks after recording five Friday and none was bigger than denying Troy Caupain’s potential game-winning bucket at the regulation buzzer to force overtime. But they also have one few top-50 win than CT, and also have a loss far worse than anything the Huskies do – against Memphis.
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“We had three guys tell me behind the bench I was sacked”, Conroy told ESPN after his team improved to 12-21. In the quadruple overtime, the point guard had 32 points, 12 rebounds, and eight assists, in addition to playing 55 of 60 minutes.
