National Basketball Association
Connecticut 78, Fairleigh Dickinson 54
When: 7:30 PM ET, Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Where: Harry A. Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Connecticut
Officials:
# John Gaffney, # Brent Hampton, # Brian O'Connell
Attendance:
8241
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Kemba Walker scored 21 points on a season-low 13 field-goal attempts, but No. 6 Connecticut still managed to cruise past Fairleigh Dickinson 78-54 Wednesday.
Jeremy Lamb added 12 points and Roscoe Smith chipped in 10 and 10 rebounds for the Huskies (8-0), who held the Knights to 33 percent shooting and blocked 11 shots.
Playing its fifth America East team of the pre-conference schedule, UConn did not have its shots falling early but didn’t need to score quite as much thanks to a defense that held Fairleigh Dickinson to two field goals in the first 12 minutes en route to a 35-21 lead at the break.
It was more of the same in the second half, with the Huskies ripping off a 15-6 spurt at the beginning of the period to increase the lead to 50-27.
Kamil Svrdlik finished with 21 points for the Knights (3-4).
UConn has two more home games before diving right into Big East play with a visit to No. 3 Pittsburgh on December 27.
Top Game Performances
Fairleigh Dickinson |
|
Connecticut |
Kamil Svrdlik 21 |
Scoring |
Kemba Walker 21 |
Mike Scott 5 |
Assists |
Donnell Beverly 5 |
Nate Gibbs 8 |
Rebounds |
Roscoe Smith 10 |
Kamil Svrdlik 9 |
Free Throws Made |
Roscoe Smith 6 |
DeShawn Dockery 1 |
Steals |
Kemba Walker 3 |
Kamil Svrdlik 3 |
Blocks |
Donnell Beverly 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Fairleigh Dickinson
|
54 |
32.8 |
3-12 |
11-12 |
8 |
30 |
3 |
4 |
|
Connecticut
|
78 |
37.9 |
10-32 |
18-22 |
17 |
46 |
11 |
6 |
|