Key Highlights
- Silas Demary Jr continued his stellar play with 14 points and four assists while Alex Karaban supplied a workman-like 14 points and four rebounds. UConn (16-1, 6-0 Big East) forced 12 steals and outscored the Blue Demons 38-28 in the paint as the Huskies improved to 22-1 all-time vs.
- DePaul. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementFrom throwing up on the court in Chicago to now, Demary Jr continues to follow the Tristen Newton trajectory for transfer point guards, shooting 11/17 from three in his last five games. Mullins also looks more comfortable by the minute, pouring in his 17 on 10 shots with two threes and four free throws.
- Overall, UConn shot 84% from the charity stripe and posted its third-best free-throw rate of the season, a welcome sign for a team ranked no.
- 221 in the country in free-throw percentage. First HalfA four-point play from Mullins — after four different players touched the ball — caused the first crowd pop at People’s Bank Arena. The Huskies were aggressive, attacking the basket early within the flow of their offense, but the issue was the finishing. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementDePaul was held without a field goal for over six minutes, and it started to make sense why the Blue Demons were the 204th-ranked offense on KenPom.
- Three Jayden Ross free throws put UConn up 10 by the U-8 timeout; he followed that up with an impressive pin off the backboard. UConn’s length forced the Blue Demons into a lot of long twos and desperation hoists, giving them a 20-10 scoring edge in the paint.