Kemba Walker got some help from Connecticut's freshmen in a quite easy 78-54 win over Fairleigh Dickinson last night.
Kemba Walker scored 21 points to lead the sixth-ranked Huskies (8-0), winners of the Maui Invitational last month, while Jeremy Lamb added 12 and fellow freshmen Roscoe Smith and Shabazz Napier had 10 each. Smith had 10 rebounds and Napier added five assists.
"It's just good to see that those guys' confidence is getting higher, and that's what we need," said Kemba Walker, who came in most important the nation in scoring at just over 29 points a game. "When those hard games come around, if I'm not on, I think some of those guys, particularly the young guys, will come along."
Lamb said the Husky freshmen live together, hang out together and are developing a real chemistry.
"As time is going on, we're getting closer and closer and getting better and better and starting to feel more secure on the court playing with each other," he said.
Kamil Svrdlik led Fairleigh Dickinson (3-4) with 21 points and Mike Scott added 14.
The Huskies, who beat top-10 teams Michigan State and Kentucky on Maui, have struggled at times against lesser opponents such as Vermont and New Hampshire, but had no trouble with the Knights.
A tomahawk dunk from Lamb just inside the lane turned a 14-point halftime lead into a 48-27 advantage 4 1/2 minutes into the second half.
Smith's alley-oop dunk from Napier with just less than 3 minutes left made it 73-46.
The Huskies outrebounded the Knights 48-38, and held FDU to 33 percent shooting from the field.
The Huskies also took 32 3-point shots, a team record for a regulation game, and made just 10.
"Maybe two of the 32 3s weren't good 3s," Coach Jim Calhoun said. "But, generally speaking, we need to shoot those shots, and all we have to do is make them."
Kemba Walker scored 21 points to lead the sixth-ranked Huskies (8-0), winners of the Maui Invitational last month, while Jeremy Lamb added 12 and fellow freshmen Roscoe Smith and Shabazz Napier had 10 each. Smith had 10 rebounds and Napier added five assists.
"It's just good to see that those guys' confidence is getting higher, and that's what we need," said Kemba Walker, who came in most important the nation in scoring at just over 29 points a game. "When those hard games come around, if I'm not on, I think some of those guys, particularly the young guys, will come along."
Lamb said the Husky freshmen live together, hang out together and are developing a real chemistry.
"As time is going on, we're getting closer and closer and getting better and better and starting to feel more secure on the court playing with each other," he said.
Kamil Svrdlik led Fairleigh Dickinson (3-4) with 21 points and Mike Scott added 14.
The Huskies, who beat top-10 teams Michigan State and Kentucky on Maui, have struggled at times against lesser opponents such as Vermont and New Hampshire, but had no trouble with the Knights.
A tomahawk dunk from Lamb just inside the lane turned a 14-point halftime lead into a 48-27 advantage 4 1/2 minutes into the second half.
Smith's alley-oop dunk from Napier with just less than 3 minutes left made it 73-46.
The Huskies outrebounded the Knights 48-38, and held FDU to 33 percent shooting from the field.
The Huskies also took 32 3-point shots, a team record for a regulation game, and made just 10.
"Maybe two of the 32 3s weren't good 3s," Coach Jim Calhoun said. "But, generally speaking, we need to shoot those shots, and all we have to do is make them."
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