Tyrese Hunter scored 17 of his 26 points after halftime to lead Memphis to a 99-97 overtime win versus two-time protecting nationwide champ and second-ranked UConn on Monday in the veryfirst round of the Maui Invitational.
Hunter shot 7-of-10 from 3-point variety for the Tigers (5-0), who were 12-of-22 from beyond the arc as a group. PJ Haggerty had 22 points and 5 helps, Colby Rogers had 19 points and Dain Dainja scored 14.
Tarris Reed Jr. had 22 points and 11 rebounds off the bench for the Huskies (4-1). Alex Karaban had 19 points and 6 helps, and Jaylin Stewart scored 16.
Memphis led by as numerous as 13 with about 4 minutes left in policy, however UConn cracked away and ultimately connected it on Solo Ball’s 3-guideline with 1.2 seconds staying.
Takeaways
Memphis: The Tigers ranked 2nd nationally in field objective portion going into the videogame and shot it at a 54.7% clip.
UConn: The Huskies saw their string of 17 successive wins dating back to February come to an end.
Key minute
The groups were connected at 92 with less than a minute staying in overtime when UConn coach Dan Hurley was examined a technical nasty for his annoyance with an over-the-back call versus Liam McNeeley. PJ Carter hit 4 straight totallyfree tosses — 2 for the tech and the other set for the individual nasty — to offer Memphis a 96-92 lead with 40.3 seconds to play.
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Key stat
UConn had 3 gamers nasty out. Memphis tried 40 complimentary tosses and made 29 of them.
Up next
Memphis will play the winner of Colorado-Michigan State on Tuesday in the 2nd round of the invitational. UConn will play the loser of that videogame in the alleviation bracket.
Reporting by The Associated Press.
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