NEW YORK (AP) Connecticut kept an excellent account going. West Virginia closed some sort of chapter of their field hockey history.
Shabazz Napier scored twenty six factors and also Jeremy Lamb added twenty two to help lead your Huskies for you to their 13th right postseason win, 71-67 with overtime covering the Mountaineers with Wednesday with the next circle of the Big East tournament.
The wining placed alive this dreams of any second immediately Big East subject for any Huskies (20-12), whom claimed a record five game titles in countless days and nights this past year after which it resolved to go upon for you to acquire six a lot more within building the school's third national championship.
''I you should not think it may possibly come about again, but and then again, I mentioned them could for no reason take place inside first place,'' Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun said. ''Would we all want to allow this some sort of shot? Yeah. We're simply going to try to play tomorrow's field hockey online game to consider this exactly where them may.''
Ninth-seeded Connecticut will participate in top-seeded plus second-ranked Syracuse in the actual quarterfinals Thursday during Madison Square Garden.
The very last period all these educational institutions achieved throughout this quarterfinals seemed to be 2009 while Syracuse prevailed 127-117 inside six overtimes. They realized last year while in the semifinals, a 76-71 Connecticut win this journeyed only 1 overtime.
''We're considering we're trying to play one of many best, provided along with Kentucky, the most beneficial team in the country tomorrow,'' Calhoun said.
Kevin Jones acquired 25 points with the eighth-seeded Mountaineers (19-13), who were actively playing their own past adventure like a fellow member of the Big East. West Virginia results in the conference to the Big 12 next season.
''It's also been a superb run. We've enjoyed it, the majority of it anyway,'' West Virginia train Bob Huggins mentioned belonging to the school's 17 periods while in the Big East. ''There's nothing like arriving for that Garden to be able to perform in the tournament.''
Napier, which fouled available using 2:35 kept in OT, obtained all of the details from a 9-0 operate that brought your Huskies also at 63 having 2:10 remaining in regulation. He capped the actual work with consecutive steals at midcourt through Gary Browne plus resolved to go within to get layups with both.
Napier experienced an occasion to win the action along at the stop with regulation, although following dribbling apart next to midcourt having a couple of just a few seconds left, his NBA-length 3-point effort went heli-copter flight rim.
Connecticut dominated the overtime as being the Mountaineers skipped many eleven shots from the particular field.
''We ended up down simply by eleven with several minutes, 40 seconds left. We dug lower deep,'' Napier said. ''We have anything to not win so just why not continue there in addition to offer this your all? . Everybody just attended to choose from as well as played because tricky while most people can, succeed as well as lose.''
Lamb, who seem to have twenty five items in the particular opening-round enlighten DePaul, smashed the game's remaining tie with a 3-pointer having 1:04 left. Ryan Boatright had two probabilities to increase Connecticut's steer along with made probably four free throws. The one he make managed to get 71-67 along with 19 mere seconds quit and also West Virginia have missed three 3-point attempts, seeking to attract a possible strong that is going to give this a chance to tie that game.
Last year's 11-game succeeding talent had been coordinated by simply guard Kemba Walker, that is these days having Charlotte inside NBA. Napier as well as Lamb each presented performances who were certain to blend reminiscences of exactly what Walker would previous season.
Nobody inside the Connecticut locker place is usually thinking about Walker perfect now.
''This is just not Kemba Walker,'' Calhoun said. ''Kemba is making a wide range of money, just made some sort of house, doing great.
''Is the idea magical? No, it's only us. It's simply just us understanding each and every other, the amount of all of us can benefit if most people give just about all we've found in addition to I assume most people have.''
The Huskies will be 3-0 since the gain regarding Calhoun, whom had missed eight mmorpgs having spinal stenosis and the actual Huskies won simply just about three connected with those. He acquired back surgery Feb. 27.
West Virginia dominated the rebounding towards Connecticut completing having a 47-31 edge, like 26-8 within the bothersome end. The Mountaineers, however, opportunity simply 34.7 p'cent entire plus made only a few of 19 3-point attempts.
The Huskies result forty nine percent from the field, like several connected with 18 from 3-point assortment by using Napier making several regarding 10 as well as Lamb three associated with 8.
''Their frontcourt dominated the game on most from the game,'' Calhoun said. ''Our backcourt presented specific to it after which it took about plus won the online game for us.''
Jones, exactly who directed the Big East in scoring (19.0) and rebounding (10.9), had 10 rebounds, one less than Dominique Rutledge.
''It's a sneak touch of disbelief and also disappointment,'' Jones said. ''My workforce trialled their own hardest. We couldn't help make the right options at the end. We don't hold onto the actual ball. They stole it, a pair of turnovers pertaining to layups which they definitely didn't earn.''
West Virginia expects in order to notice it is name named Sunday should the NCAA competition industry will be announced.
''We've played extra mmorpgs against top rated 100 teams as compared to any person within the country. They point out enjoy a daunting schedule, most of us have,'' Huggins said. ''We've performed almost everything they have requested people to except possibly earn a couple of games.''
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