UConn topped off one of the vital spectacular March Madness runs in historical past Monday evening, clamping down early and breaking it open late to deliver house their fifth national title with a 76-59 victory over San Diego State.
Adama Sanogo had 17 factors and 10 rebounds and Tristen Newton additionally had a double-double with 19 factors and 10 boards for the Huskies (31-8), who turned the fifth group because the bracket expanded in 1985 to win all six video games by double-digits on the best way to a championship.
They received the six video games by a median of 20 factors, solely a fraction lower than what North Carolina did in sweeping to the title in 2009.
UConn constructed a 16-point lead late within the first half, solely to see the Aztecs (32-7) trim the lead to 5 with 5:19 left. But Jordan Hawkins (16 factors) answered with a 3 to set off a 9-0 run and the one drama left was whether or not UConn would go six for six with double-digit wins.
Keshad Johnson had 14 factors for San Diego State, who got here up one win shy of their first journey to the Final Four.
UConn set the stage for his or her win throughout an 11:07 stretch within the first half throughout which the Aztecs didn’t make a single basket. Unable to shoot over, or go round, this tall, lengthy UConn group, they missed 14 straight pictures from the ground.
They went from main by 4 to trailing by 11, and after they weren’t getting pictures blocked (Alex Karaban had three and Sanogo had one), they had been developing quick – a telltale signal of a group that was out of hops after their draining 72-71 buzzer-beater win over Florida Atlantic two nights earlier.
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