On Wednesday the UConn Huskies went to Morgantown to face off against the Mountaineers and came up short. It was a weak showing from the team overall. Collectively, the Huskies only made 37.3% of their shots, as well as several key turnovers throughout the course of the game.
Alex Oriakhi was for the most part a non-factor in Wednesday's game, playing 36 minutes, scoring 4 points, only 1 offensive rebound of his 9, zero blocks, and missing each of his free throws. The freshmen of the team were relatively unproductive except for Shabazz Napier who scored 18, had 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, and a block. Jamal Coombs-McDaniel appears to have come back down to earth after a 3 game span of stellar play. Kemba may have scored 22 points, but he took a lot of shots to get there, only making 8 of his 23 shots.
As a result of the loss the Huskies are now in 9th place in the Big East with a conference record of (9-8) and no longer have a first round bye in the upcoming Big East Tournament, which makes this Saturday's game against Notre Dame even more important. The Huskies will need some help in order to get back that 1st round bye. If they don't get it I don't think they'll be able to win the 5 straight games necessary to take home the Big East Championship, especially when looking at their Big East play and that the tournament is in Madison Square Garden. Look for St. John's to play well because they're at home.
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