Daly scores 30 to power St. Joe’s win over UConn
STORRS, CONN. » Ryan Daly scored 30 points as Saint Joseph’s held off UConn
96-87 Wednesday night. Rahim Moore added 22 points and Myles Douglas had 18 for the Hawks (21), who led by as many as
27-points in the first half and never trailed.
Christian Vital had 26 points for UConn (1-1), and Alterique Gilbert added 22 for the Huskies, who cut the deficit to three points in the second half before running out of gas.
The Hawks opened the game with a 14-0 run. While UConn missed its first nine shots, St. Joe’s hit five of its first seven, including three of four from
3-point range. Gilbert paused the bleeding for a moment with UConn’s first basket, a driving layup that came more than four minutes into the game.
But a 3-pointer by Daly, an Archbishop Carroll grad and 2016
Boys Basketball Player of the Year, pushed St. Joe’s lead over 20 points at 3412 midway through the first half and the Hawks extended that to 46-19. Daly had 21 points by halftime, hitting five of his first seven shots from 3-point range.
It was 54-38 at the break and 69-48 with 12 ½ minutes left.
UConn went to a pressing defense and quickly cut into that deficit, outscoring the Hawks 21-4 over the next four minutes. The run was capped by a driving layup from Vital that made it 73-69.
The Huskies got as close as 79-76 after two free throws from Vital. But Daly hit a 3-pointer on the other end and St. Joe’s outscored UConn 17-11 down the stretch.
BIG PICTURE
UConn is 6-3 all-time against St. Joe’s. This was the first meeting between the two schools since the first round of the
2014 NCAA Tournament. UConn won that game 8981 in overtime, beginning their run to a fourth national title.
Saint Joseph’s made 13 of its 33 shots from 3-point range, but only 3 of 12 in the second half. The Hawks have put up 101 3-pointers in three games.
UP NEXT
Saint Joseph’s continues its three-game road swing with a trip to Loyola Chicago.
It doesn’t get any easier for UConn, which wraps up its opening three-game campus homestand Sunday with a game against No. 15 Florida.
PENN 75, LA SALLE 59 » Devon Goodman scored a game-high 21 points, AJ Brodeur added 20 points and 13 rebounds and the reigning Big 5 champions extended their city series win streak to six games, its longest streak since the
2002-03 season. Ryan Betley added 18 points, including four made 3-pointers, and eight boards for the Quakers (21, 1-0 Big 5). Penn led by five at the half but blew the game open after the break. The Quakers owned a 4730 edge on the boards. La Salle got most of its production off the bench, with Isiah Deas providing
17 points and Ayinde Hikim supplying 14. Christian Ray, the 2019
Boys Basketball Player of the Year from Haverford School, had four points, five rebounds and three steals in 23 minutes off the bench.
RUTGERS 64, DREXEL 58 » Zach Walton scored 11 points, and Camren Wynter added 10, but the Dragons (2-2) shot just 32.3 percent from the field. James Butler added six points and eight boards.