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Seton Hall
Seton Hall Tops No. 8 Connecticut, 75-63
1/3/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 3, 2012
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Univeristy of Connecticut sophomore guard Jeremy Lamb (Norcross, Ga.) had 19 points for Huskies as Seton Hall posted a 75-63 victory on Tuesday night . Sophomore Niels Giffey (Berlin, Germany) was the only other Husky in double figures with 11. The game was played before a crowd of 8,089 at the Prudential Center.
Jordan Theodore scored all 19 of his points in the second half for Seton Hall, which had not beaten the Huskies in almost 11 years. Herb Pope added 15 points, and Fuquan Edwin and Aaron Cosby had 12 apiece as the Pirates (13-2, 2-1 Big East) beat Connecticut (12-2, 2-1) for the first time since March 3, 2001 - a span of 11 games. The win also snapped the Huskies' current seven-game overall winning streak.
Theodore, who also had 11 assists, made both free throws and that seemed to get him untracked after missing his first seven shots in the game.
With the Pirates leading 45-36 with just over 12 minutes to play, Theodore hit three 3-pointers and Cosby added another in a 12-6 spurt that pushed the lead to 57-42 and put the game away.
This game, however, was all Seton Hall after a slow start. That was remarkable, considering the Pirates had lost 25 of the last 27 games against Connecticut.
Seton Hall never trailed after closing the first half with a 16-3 spurt that Cosby ignited with a 3-pointer and Pope finished by putting back his own shot at the buzzer.
Things didn't look good for the Pirates early. Lamb hit a 3-pointer to cap a game-opening 11-2 spurt and Willard was forced to call an early timeout.
The next 16 or so minutes belonged to the Pirates. They outscored Connecticut 33-11 and took a 35-22 halftime lead. Edwin scored eight points in the run, Pope had seven and reserve Brandon Mobley added eight points and seven rebounds.
Connecticut did little right during a game in which the officials let the teams go at it, especially underneath. The Huskies made 4 of 19 shots after their initial run, turned the ball over 13 times in the half and had trouble getting the ball inside to Drummond.
The Huskies return to action on Saturday when they play at Rutgers at 8:00 p.m. The game will be televised locally by SNY and heard on the WTIC-UConn Radio Network.
