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With his No. 1-ranked team clinging to a 25-point lead with about six minutes left in a game it dominated from the start, UConn coach Dan Hurley called a timeout, gathered his players around and shouted at them, his face red as his voice rose above the din of more than 13,000 spectators. Hurly knows that a lopsided outing like this 89-64 victory at Georgetown on Saturday might not really have been hanging in the balance at that moment. Alex Karaban scored 25 points, Stephon Castle added 17 and the Huskies never were challenged on the way to leading the Hoyas by as many as 26 in the first half while stretching their winning streak to 12 games. ....
Freshman guard Stephon Castle scored a season-high 20 points and top-ranked UConn held off Providence 74-65 Wednesday night in a foul-filled Big East battle. Tristen Newton added 16 points and 11 rebounds, and Cam Spencer scored 15 as the Huskies (19-2, 9-1) won their ninth straight in a game that included 48 fouls — 29 of them on Providence. “These are steel cage matches,” UConn coach Dan Hurley said. ....
The return of 7-foot-2 Donovan Clingan to UConn's lineup was expected to help the Huskies near the basket. The sophomore star had 18 points, Tristen Newton scored 22 and UConn extended its winning streak to eight, rolling over Xavier 99-56 on Sunday. Stephon Castle and Solomon Ball each added 12 points for UConn (18-2, 8-1 Big East) which has not lost at home in more than a calendar year. ....
University of Connecticut faculty and students picketed outside the Homer Babbidge Library on Tuesday to protest recently announced budget cuts. The protest was organized by UConn’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors. The picketers expressed particular concern about the lack of transparency from the university and how the cuts focused on academic and graduate… ....