Kemba Walker finished with 24 points, eight rebounds and four assists as No. 4 Connecticut squeezed by visiting South Florida 66-61 in overtime on Friday.

Alex Oriakhi added 15 points for the Huskies (11-1, 1-1 Big East), who were coming off their first loss of the season earlier in the week at Pittsburgh.

Connecticut shot out to an 8-0 lead in the opening minutes but the Bulls did not collapse, coming back to take a 22-14 lead after Augustus Gilchrist converted a three-point play with 7:22 left in the first half. They would stretch it to 29-17 two minutes later before the Huskies got back into it, forging a 28-28 draw at the break.

South Florida took control at the beginning of the second half and maintained a small lead until Jamal Coombs-McDaniel hit a pair of free throws with 3:08 left to put the Huskies on top 56-55. Walker pushed it to 58-55 with a jumper at the 1:06 mark but South Florida tied it 35 seconds later when Anthony Crater drained a 3-pointer.

Coombs-McDaniel scored four points in overtime and the Bulls (6-9, 0-2) failed to score in the extra session until under 10 seconds remained.