Alex Karaban leads UConn men to Sweet 16 with career-best effort in 73-57 win over UCLA
PHILADELPHIA – Alex Karaban played like a man trying to keep his career alive on Sunday night. UConn’s all-time winningest player scored a career-high 27 points to lead the Huskies back to the Sweet 16 for the third time in his career with a 73-57 win over fellow blue-blood UCLA at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia. Karaban made nine of his 16 shots from the field and extended the program’s ...
PHILADELPHIA – Alex Karaban played like a man trying to keep his career alive on Sunday night. UConn’s all-time winningest player scored a career-high 27 points to lead the Huskies back to the Sweet 16 for the third time in his career with a 73-57 win over fellow blue-blood UCLA at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia. Karaban made nine of his 16 shots from the field and extended the program’s career 3-point record to 284 with four triples It will be the program’s 20th appearance in the Sweet 16 all-time and third under coach Dan Hurley as the No.
2 seeded Huskies improved to 31-5 on the year. UConn will meet No. 3 seed Michigan State in Washington D.
C. for a 9:45 p. m.
tip-off on Friday. UCLA , the No. 7 seed, finished its season 24-12.