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Demary Jr. Posts Triple-Double, #3 UConn Rolls Past Bryant
11/23/2025 10:09:00 PM | Men's Basketball
HARTFORD – Silas Demary Jr. posted the first triple-double of his career and helped No. 3 UConn (5-1) to a 72-49 victory over Bryant (1-5) on Sunday evening at a sold-out PeoplesBank Arena. Demary Jr. posted exactly 10 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds to notch the first triple-double for a Husky since Feb. 2024.
The Huskies took a 16-point lead to the half and controlled the second frame, going up as many as 23 and never allowing Bryant to get closer than 17 over the final 15 minutes of regulation. UConn held Bryant under 30 percent from the floor and out-rebounded the Bulldogs by 15 in the triumph, leading wire-to-wire despite their own struggles from the field. It marked the first time since Feb. 11, 2025 that UConn won a game despite shooting under 40 percent.
Eric Reibe led the Huskies in scoring for the second-straight game with 16 points, going 6-of-10 from the field and adding six rebounds. Demary Jr. and Reibe were the lone Huskies to finish in double-figures, with Demary Jr. adding a game-high four steals to his triple-double. For the Bulldogs, Timofie Rudovskii had 11 points and Ty Tabales scored 10. Jayden Ross stuffed the stat sheet for UConn with eight points, five rebounds and two seals, posting a game-best +24 plus/minus.
How it Happened
With the contest 6-5 in the early going, the Huskies reeled off a 9-0 run to take 15-5 lead, capped by a Ross dunk that prompted a timeout at 11:24 of the first. After Bryant snapped the run, Connecticut reeled off another 7-0 spurt to go up 22-7 at the 7:49 stoppage, then yet another 7-0 joly gave UConn its first 20-point lead at 29-9 with 4:03 on the clock. Overall it came out to a 23-4 run over more than 11 minutes of game action.
UConn went into the half with a 37-21 lead and held Bryant 5-of-18 (27.8 percent) from the floor in the opening stanza. The Bulldogs scored five of the first six points in the second half to briefly pull within 12, but the Huskies once again turned on the jets with an 8-0 run and took a 46-26 lead with a Demary steal-and-score at 15:18.
The Huskies took their largest lead when Solo Ball hit a cutting Ross for a reverse lay-in that made it 55-34 with 10:29 to play. Demary Jr. completed his triple-double with 3:01 remaining, feeding Reibe in the post for a two-hand flush and his 10th assist. The Huskies pushed the margin to its final of 23 in the final minute when Jacob Furphy banked home his first career basked.
Inside The Numbers
- UConn shot 39.1 percent (25-64) and a mere 20.0 percent (5-25) from 3-point range, hitting at 77.3 percent (17-22) from the free throw line
- Conversely, Bryant finished at 27.5 percent (11-40) from the floor and 30.4 percent (7-23) from three, while hitting 95.2 percent (20-21) at the line
- The Huskies held Bryant to 27.8 percent (5-18) shooting from the field in the first half and 27.3 percent (6-22) in the second half
- It marked the second time this season UConn held a foe under 30 percent
- UConn last won a game while shooting under 40 percent on Feb. 11, 2025 at Creighton when it shot 26-66 (39.4) in a 70-66 win
- Tabales scored Bryant's first seven points – the Huskies held other Bulldogs without a point for first 12:46 and to an 0-of-10 start from the floor
- UConn dominated in the paint to the tune of a 40-8 scoring edge inside
- The Huskies finished with a 42-27 edge on the glass
- Demary Jr. pulled in a career-high 10 rebounds, followed by seven for Alex Karaban, six from Reibe and five out of Ross
- UConn turned 18 offensive rebounds into a 15-6 edge in second chance scoring
- Connecticut dished out 17 assists on 25 field goals
- UConn was +13 in turnover margin and out-scored Bryant 21-10 off miscues
News and Notes
- UConn improves to 3-0 all-time against Bryant in a series dating back to 2014
- Friday night marked UConn's 15th-straight regular season sellout in Hartford, a streak dating back to Dec. 23, 2023
- UConn has now won 20-straight in Hartford
- The 10 assists and 10 rebounds were both career-highs for Demary Jr. and the triple-double was the first for a Husky since Tristen Newton notched his program-record fourth and final one on Feb. 24, 2024 vs. Villanova
- Jacob Furphy made his official UConn debut and finished with two points and a steal in seven minutes
- Reibe scored in double-figures for the third time in his young career and second-straight game - he is averaging 15.5 points and 5.5 rebounds while shooting 60.0 percent in his last two games making spot starts
Up Next
The Huskies are right back to it with a high-level matchup when they take on No. 8 Illinois on Black Friday in the Sentinel One Showdown at Madison Square Garden. Tip-off on FOX is scheduled for 12:30 p.m.
