Riaan U-Adama Sanogo ushaye amaphuzu angama-24 kwathi u-Jordan Hawkins waphuma emgqeni wamaphuzu ama-3 ngesiwombe sesibili njengoba UConn waphuma isuka eSaint Mary’s ngokunqoba ngo-70-55 ngeSonto okubeke amaHuskies ku-Sweet 16 okokuqala ngqa eminyakeni eyisishiyagalolunye.
No. 4 imbewu UConn (27-8) ithuthukele ku Isifunda saseNtshonalanga eLas Vegas ngoLwesine. Okulandelayo yi-Arkansas enembewu yesishiyagalombili, ekhiphe imbewu enguNo. 1 iKansas.
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Unogada we-UConn u-Tristen Newton (2) ulalele umqeqeshi u-Dan Hurley phakathi nengxenye yokuqala yomdlalo we-basketball wasekolishi womzuliswano wesibili ne-Saint Mary’s emqhudelwaneni wabesilisa we-NCAA ngeSonto, Mashi 19, 2023, e-Albany, NY. (Isithombe se-AP/Hans Pennink)
USanogo ulandele umdlalo wakhe wamaphuzu angama-28 kumdlalo wokuqala we-Huskies we-NCAA bebhekene no-Iona ngomunye ukusebenza okunamandla nokuphumelelayo kupende. U-245-pound junior ube ngu-11 ku-16 ukusuka phansi futhi wabamba ama-rebounds ayisishiyagalombili, ephethe umdlalo omkhulu no-Mitchell Saxen (amaphuzu ayisithupha, ama-rebound amathathu kanye namaphutha amane).
I-Saint Mary’s (27-8) weNgqungquthela YaseWest Coast yehlulekile ukuphuma ngempelasonto yokuqala yomqhudelwano isizini yesibili elandelanayo njengembewu yesi-5.
U-Aidan Mahaney no-Logan Johnson ngamunye bashayele amaGaels ayisishiyagalolunye, abadlale imizuzu yokugcina engu-25 ngaphandle komshayi magoli ophume isithathu u-Alex Ducas. Isikhulu sihambe sinenxeba eqolo.
U-St. Mary’s Aidan Mahaney (20) ushayela u-Nahiem Alleyne wase-Connecticut, kwesokunxele, engxenyeni yokuqala yomdlalo we-basketball wasekolishi womzuliswano wesibili ku-NCAA Tournament, ngeSonto, Mashi 19, 2023, e-Albany, NY (Isithombe se-AP/John Minchillo)
UConn usebenzise i-spurt engu-14-2, eqokonyiswe yi-3 evela ku-Hawkins ngo-11:28 esele ngesiwombe sesibili, ukukhuphuka ngo-51-40.
U-Hawkins wayengenamaphuzu kulelo phuzu, kodwa wengeza amanye ama-3 aphuma esikrinini ngemva kwesikhashana ukuze akwenze kube ngu-56-45, kanye nethi “Let’s Go Huskies!” izingoma ziqale ukuduma kuyo yonke i-MVP Arena.
U-Hawkins akaqedwanga, wenza ama-3s abuyela emuva ukuze enze u-62-47 kusele u-6:38. Iqede inamaphuzu angu-12.
Khonamanjalo, ukuzivikela kukaHuskies bekuzibambele mathupha kumaGaels, abebanjwe ngaphansi kwamaphuzu angama-60 okwesine kuphela kule sizini.
Ama-Gaels no-Huskies badlale cishe isiwombe sokuqala, bobabili bedubula u-44.4% enkundleni, futhi bavala ngamandla. UMahaney wenze oku-3 kwasele isekhondi engu-21 ukuze abeke iSaint Mary’s phezulu ku-30-28 kwathi u-Newton waphendula ngama-3-pointer emizuzwaneni engu-18 kamuva lokho kwabeka ama-Huskies phezulu ngo-31-30 phakathi nokubeka isixuku se-pro-UConn ezinyaweni zayo.
U-Adama Sanogo (21) waseConnecticut ubukeka edlula ngemuva kokuphinda abhekane no-St. Mary’s Mitchell Saxen (11) engxenyeni yokuqala yomdlalo we-basketball wasekolishi womzuliswano wesibili ku-NCAA Tournament, ngeSonto, Mashi 19, 2023, e-Albany, NY. (Isithombe se-AP/John Minchillo)
ISITHOMBE ESIKHULU
I-Saint Mary’s: AbakwaGaels bafinyelele ku-Sweet 16 kanye nje emlandweni wohlelo ngo-2010.
Umqeqeshi uRandy Bennett, ngesizini yakhe yama-22 ku-SMC, kanti abakwaGaels bebeyimbangi eseduze kaGonzaga ku-WCC. Bahlomule imbewu engunombolo 5 kumasizini amabili edlule, okuyimbewu engcono kunoma yiliphi iqembu ngaphandle kwezingqungquthela zamandla eziyisithupha ezingaqanjwanga ngokuthi i-Gonzaga kusukela ngo-2014.
UConn: AbakwaHuskies bagcine ukudlala ngempelasonto yesibili yomqhudelwano ngo-2014, lapho bewina khona okokugcina – futhi okumangaza kakhulu – kwezicoco zezwe ezine esikhathini seminyaka engu-15.
Isicoco sokugcina sika-Huskies siphume ku-American Athletic Conference, iligi eyaphuma ekuhlukaneni kwebhola lomnqakiswano lebhola lebhola lezinyawo le-Big East ngo-2013.
I-UConn yahamba nezikole zebhola futhi yadlala iminyaka eyisikhombisa ku-AAC, lapho uhlelo lwayo lwebhola lezinyawo lwantenga ngesikhathi ibhola lomnqakiswano lamadoda ahlonishwayo lingena lingenamsebenzi.
AbakwaHuskies babuyela ezimpandeni zabo zeBig East, baqasha owayengunogada wamaphuzu eSeton Hall uDan Hurley njengomqeqeshi eminyakeni emihlanu edlule futhi bajoyina ingqungquthela kumasizini amathathu edlule, futhi bebelokhu bekhula kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.
UKULAHLEKELWA OKUKHULU
UDucas usizwe u-4:52 esiwombeni sokuqala.
Umdubuli weqembu onamaphuzu angu-3 onembe kunawo wonke kanye nomshayimagoli wesithathu oshaye igoli uguqe ngamadolo waqala wafinyelela esinqeni sakhe ngemuva kokungaxhumani. Ubehanjelwe ngabaqeqeshi beqembu lezokusubatha wabe esesiza ngaphandle kwenkundla ngemuva kokuzama ukuzithathela igxathu. Waqonda endlini yokushintshela wangabe esawudlala umdlalo.
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UDucas uthole amaphuzu ayi-17 ekunqobeni komzuliswano wokuqala weGaels bebhekene ne-VCU futhi waba namanye ayisishiyagalombili lapho ephuma.
PHEZULU OKULANDELAYO
UConn: Ama-Huskies ango-3-1 ngaso sonke isikhathi ngokumelene ne-Arkansas.
