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Reed leads No. 3 UConn against Georgetown after 21-point outing
By The Associated Press
UConn Huskies (17-1, 7-0 Big East) at Georgetown Hoyas (9-8, 1-5 Big East)
Washington; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 3 UConn visits Georgetown after Tarris Reed Jr. scored 21
points in UConn's 69-64 win over the Seton Hall Pirates.
The Hoyas are 7-3 in home games. Georgetown is fifth in the Big East with 10.4
offensive rebounds per game led by Jayden Fort averaging 2.0.
The Huskies have gone 7-0 against Big East opponents. UConn averages 79.3
points while outscoring opponents by 16.0 points per game.
Georgetown averages 6.4 made 3-pointers per game, 1.3 more made shots than the
5.1 per game UConn gives up. UConn has shot at a 49.4% clip from the field this
season, 6.2 percentage points greater than the 43.2% shooting opponents of
Georgetown have averaged.
The Hoyas and Huskies face off Saturday for the first time in Big East play
this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: KJ Lewis is scoring 15.0 points per game with 5.6 rebounds and
2.9 assists for the Hoyas. Julius Halaifonua is averaging 14.0 points and 5.4
rebounds while shooting 60.2% over the past 10 games.
Reed is averaging 14.5 points, 7.6 rebounds and two blocks for the Huskies.
Braylon Mullins is averaging 2.2 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Hoyas: 4-6, averaging 76.2 points, 33.7 rebounds, 14.7 assists,
6.6 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 43.9% from the field. Their
opponents have averaged 75.9 points per game.
Huskies: 10-0, averaging 78.9 points, 33.6 rebounds, 18.9 assists, 7.3 steals
and 5.7 blocks per game while shooting 50.1% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 65.5 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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