National Basketball Association
Connecticut 82, DePaul 62
When: 2:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 15, 2011
Where: Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois
Officials:
# Jeff Clark, # Tony Greene, # Mike Roberts
Attendance:
9581
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Kemba Walker went off for 31 points on 10-of-17 shooting as No. 9 Connecticut dominated DePaul, 82-62, on Saturday.
Freshman Jeremy Lamb added 13 points, six rebounds and four assists and Alex Oriakhi chipped in 11 points for the Huskies (14-2, 3-2 Big East), who shot 21 of 25 from the free-throw line and 51 percent from the floor in the rout.
Walker carried Connecticut in the first half, pouring in 22 points on 8-of-12 shooting. The Huskies led by as much as 43-28 when Walker buried his lone 3-pointer of the half with 2:09 remaining before the Blue Demons managed to cut it to 45-34 at the break.
DePaul (6-11, 0-5) was within 50-40 at the 15:55 mark before the Huskies took off again, holding the Blue Demons without a field goal over the next six minutes and extending the lead out to 78-46 with just over six minutes to play.
Cleveland Melvin scored 25 points for DePaul, which shot 32 percent from the floor in falling into a tie for last place in the Big East.
Connecticut enters its most difficult stretch on Monday when it welcomes No. 7 Villanova. Tennessee, Marquette, Louisville and Syracuse are all on the slate over the next few weeks.
Top Game Performances
| Connecticut |
|
DePaul |
|
Kemba Walker 31 |
Scoring |
Cleveland Melvin 25 |
|
Shabazz Napier 6 |
Assists |
Brandon Young 5 |
|
Roscoe Smith 7 |
Rebounds |
Cleveland Melvin 12 |
|
Kemba Walker 9 |
Free Throws Made |
Cleveland Melvin 5 |
|
Kemba Walker 3 |
Steals |
Tony Freeland 1 |
|
Alex Oriakhi 3 |
Blocks |
Tony Freeland 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Connecticut
|
82 |
50.9 |
5-14 |
21-25 |
23 |
36 |
9 |
4 |
|
| DePaul
|
62 |
31.9 |
6-19 |
12-17 |
17 |
40 |
1 |
2 |
|
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