UConn holds off Coppin St. despite woes

Huskies top players struggle in win

UConn’s top three scorers hit just 14 of their 41 shots and the Huskies turned the ball over 15 times against winless Coppin State.

But host Connecticut held on to win 72-59 on Saturday, behind 15 points from Jalen Adams, 14 from Terry Larrier and 13 from Christian Vital.

“We're not going to be sorry for winning the game,” said Vital. “Would we like to have won the game in a better fashion? Absolutely. But that's why it's a long season. We're student-athletes and we're going to try and learn from this.”

UConn (7-3) dominated in the paint, outscoring Coppin State 26-16, outrebounded the Eagles 50-26, including 21-5 on the offensive glass, and getting 21 second-chance points to just seven for their opponents from Baltimore.

Lamar Morgan scored a career-high 30 points to lead Coppin State (0-10). Morgan, a junior college transfer, came into the game averaging just 5 points, but hit eight of his 12 shots, including seven of 11 from 3-point range. Morgan's previous season high was eight points.

LEHIGH 75, MOUNT ST. MARY’S 60: Kahron Ross scored 18 points and became Lehigh's all-time assists leader as the host Mountain Hawks (5-5) dominated the second half to win.

Junior Robinson hit all eight of his free throws and scored 20 with four assists for the Mount (3-7).

BINGHAMTON 77, LOYOLA MARYLAND 64: Willie Rodriguez scored 22 points and the visiting Bearcats (7-4) won their sixth straight, beating the Greyhounds (1-8).

Chuck Champion scored 17 points with four assists to lead Loyola, which has lost five straight and has yet to defeat a Division I team this season.

MANHATTAN 80, MORGAN STATE 66: Rich Williams scored 16 points and had a career-high eight assists to lead teh host Jaspers (4-5) past the Bears (4-6),

Martez Cameron scored 16 points to lead Morgan State (4-6), which has lost four straight. LaPri McCray-Pace added 12 points and Antonio Gillespie had 11.