Spring Break
Throwing Away The Freebies
Huskies' Foul Shooting Does Them In
Dan Olender
Issue date: 1/22/07 Section: Sports
"I disagree with that call," Wiggins said. "It was a pause, so I guess [the referee] thought it was a double-dribble."
Wiggins started in place of A.J. Price who played limited minutes due to an eye injury. In his first career start, Wiggins scored eight points and dished out five assists.
"I played alright," Wiggins said. "I feel I didn't let coach down."
"I think he played terrific," Calhoun said. "The pace of the game was different with him there. That's the fastest we've played all year."
UConn scored 11 fastbreak points and were really able to run throughout the game.
"The teams that have tried to take [the fastbreak] away from us have been successful," Calhoun said. "They didn't take away our fastbreak."
The Huskies got off to a rough start in the first half, as the Hoosiers jumped out to a 16-4 lead after four minutes of play. Indiana's Armon Bassett connected on three 3-pointers from the right wing in that span to help put the Huskies in a whole.
"They came out, jumped on us, executed especially well and withstood a comeback from our team," Calhoun said.
As D.J. White, who finished the game with 21 points, continued to score and pose problems for the Huskies, the team started creeping back into the game. After White pushed the Indiana lead to 28-16, the Huskies went on an 8-0 run to bring the game to within four.
With 3:16 remaining in the first, Stanley Robinson tied the score at 29, with a lay-up. Thirty seconds later, Robinson hit a 3 to give UConn their first lead of the afternoon at 32-31.
"They went on that burst, the last 10 minutes of that first half, halftime couldn't get here fast enough for me," said Indiana head coach Kelvin Sampson. "We had to get to halftime and regroup."
Robinson, who was in the starting lineup for the third-straight game, scored 21 points on 7-of-11 shooting and pulled down nine rebounds. And while the team struggled to make free-throws, Robinson was a perfect 6-for-6 from the line.
The Hoosiers surged ahead in the last two minutes of the first, but Doug Wiggins hit a 3 with two seconds before the half ended to tie the score at 39 and slow any Indiana momentum.
"I knew I was going to take it," Wiggins said. "Because my best shot is a pull-up three."
Wiggins started in place of A.J. Price who played limited minutes due to an eye injury. In his first career start, Wiggins scored eight points and dished out five assists.
"I played alright," Wiggins said. "I feel I didn't let coach down."
"I think he played terrific," Calhoun said. "The pace of the game was different with him there. That's the fastest we've played all year."
UConn scored 11 fastbreak points and were really able to run throughout the game.
"The teams that have tried to take [the fastbreak] away from us have been successful," Calhoun said. "They didn't take away our fastbreak."
The Huskies got off to a rough start in the first half, as the Hoosiers jumped out to a 16-4 lead after four minutes of play. Indiana's Armon Bassett connected on three 3-pointers from the right wing in that span to help put the Huskies in a whole.
"They came out, jumped on us, executed especially well and withstood a comeback from our team," Calhoun said.
As D.J. White, who finished the game with 21 points, continued to score and pose problems for the Huskies, the team started creeping back into the game. After White pushed the Indiana lead to 28-16, the Huskies went on an 8-0 run to bring the game to within four.
With 3:16 remaining in the first, Stanley Robinson tied the score at 29, with a lay-up. Thirty seconds later, Robinson hit a 3 to give UConn their first lead of the afternoon at 32-31.
"They went on that burst, the last 10 minutes of that first half, halftime couldn't get here fast enough for me," said Indiana head coach Kelvin Sampson. "We had to get to halftime and regroup."
Robinson, who was in the starting lineup for the third-straight game, scored 21 points on 7-of-11 shooting and pulled down nine rebounds. And while the team struggled to make free-throws, Robinson was a perfect 6-for-6 from the line.
The Hoosiers surged ahead in the last two minutes of the first, but Doug Wiggins hit a 3 with two seconds before the half ended to tie the score at 39 and slow any Indiana momentum.
"I knew I was going to take it," Wiggins said. "Because my best shot is a pull-up three."
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