NEW YORK (AP) — Donovan Clingan, Tristen Newton and high total seed UConn overwhelmed an undermanned Northwestern group 75-58 on Sunday evening to sail into the Candy 16 of the NCAA Event.
Newton had 20 factors and 10 assists, and Clingan completed with 14 factors, 14 rebounds and eight blocks because the Huskies (33-3) led wire-to-wire and have become the primary defending nationwide champions to achieve the regional semifinals since Duke in 2016.
Connecticut constructed a 30-point cushion and matched a program report for wins set by the 2013-14 nationwide championship squad. It should play Thursday evening within the East Area semifinals towards No. 5 seed San Diego State or Thirteenth-seeded Yale in Boston, about an 85-mile drive from UConn’s campus.
The Huskies beat a fifth-seeded San Diego State squad 76-59 in final yr’s nationwide championship sport. They misplaced Adama Sanogo, Jordan Hawkins and Andre Jackson Jr. to the NBA from that gifted group, however this balanced and centered group has appeared much more dominant because it makes an attempt to develop into the primary program to repeat as NCAA champion since Florida in 2007.
Yale, the Huskies’ in-state neighbor situated about 60 miles south, gained the newest matchup between the faculties, 45-44 at Storrs in December 2014 — towards a UConn group coming off a nationwide title the earlier season.
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Undersized and overmatched, Boo Buie and the ninth-seeded Wildcats (22-12) have been buried below a dizzying show of dunks, blocks, alley-oops and layups.
They made a late push that prompted Huskies coach Dan Hurley to name a timeout with 5:26 remaining, however Northwestern by no means received the margin below 16.
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