37 Points Off Turnovers Carry No. 4 UConn Past Wagner 83-41
Wagner turned it over 26 times, UConn scored 37 points off those giveaways to Wagner's five, and the Huskies opened on a 14-0 run in Storrs.
Photo: UConn Athletics. Silas Demary Jr., official roster photo. Card design: The Dyme.
No. 4 UConn beat Wagner 83-41 on Monday night at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Conn., as Wagner committed 26 turnovers and UConn scored 37 points off them to Wagner's five, per the ESPN box score. The 32-point edge in points off turnovers covers most of the 42-point final margin, by our count. Attendance was 10,244, per ESPN. UConn moved to 3-0. Wagner fell to 0-3.
UConn held at No. 4 in the AP poll released through games of Nov. 8, per NCAA.com. Wagner was unranked.
Silas Demary Jr. led UConn with 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting, plus four rebounds, four assists and six steals in 27 minutes. Jayden Ross scored 12 on 5-of-7 shooting. Nik Khamenia scored 11 in seven minutes, 3-of-3 from three. Na'jai Hines had 10 points and eight rebounds, seven of them offensive, with two blocks. Braylon Mullins scored 10 with four assists on 2-of-12 shooting and 5-of-6 at the line.
AJ Rodriguez led Wagner with 10 points on 5-of-8 shooting and seven rebounds. Cam Estevez scored nine on 3-of-6 from three. Taj Bryant had six points and nine turnovers.
14-0 before Wagner scored
Khamenia opened the night with a 24-foot three, assisted by Demary, 23 seconds in, per the ESPN play-by-play. His 23-foot three off a Mullins assist at 16:39 made it 12-0, the first double-digit lead, and Hines' tip-in at 15:09 made it 14-0 before AJ Rodriguez's layup at 14:57 put Wagner on the board, by our count. Demary's layup, assisted by Mullins, at 6:04 made it 30-10, the first 20-point lead. UConn led 44-18 at the half.
Hines' free throw at 18:56 of the second half made it 48-18, the first 30-point lead, by our count. Jayden Ross' 27-foot three, assisted by Junior County, at 11:16 made it 68-28, the first 40-point lead. Egor Amosov's free throw at 5:17 made it 80-33, the 47-point largest lead ESPN lists. UConn won the second half 39-23, per the ESPN linescore. Wagner never led, and ESPN lists zero lead changes.
14 steals and 22 offensive rebounds
UConn shot 28-of-64 from the field (44%), 9-of-30 from three (30%) and 18-of-24 at the line (75%), per ESPN. Wagner shot 17-of-51 (33%), 4-of-17 from three (24%) and 3-of-4 at the line (75%).
The Huskies forced 26 turnovers with 14 steals, six from Demary, and grabbed 22 offensive rebounds against Wagner's 18 defensive rebounds, per ESPN. Those two columns explain the shot count: UConn took 64 field-goal attempts to Wagner's 51, by our count. UConn also blocked eight shots to Wagner's one.
| Category | UConn | Wagner |
|---|---|---|
| Field goals | 28-64 (44%) | 17-51 (33%) |
| 3-pointers | 9-30 (30%) | 4-17 (24%) |
| Free throws | 18-24 (75%) | 3-4 (75%) |
| Rebounds | 39 | 33 |
| Offensive rebounds | 22 | 15 |
| Assists | 16 | 6 |
| Turnovers | 11 | 26 |
| Steals | 14 | 9 |
| Blocks | 8 | 1 |
| Points in the paint | 38 | 22 |
| Points off turnovers | 37 | 5 |
| Fast-break points | 14 | 0 |
| Largest lead | 47 | 0 |
Where the 42 points came from
The 37-5 edge in points off turnovers was worth 32 points, by our count from the ESPN box, on a night when UConn shot 44% from the field. The Huskies made 11 more field goals than Wagner, 28 to 17, and 15 more free throws, 18 to three, after attempting 13 more shots and 20 more free throws, by our count. By shot type, UConn won twos 19 to 13 (+12), threes 9 to 4 (+15) and free throws 18 to 3 (+15), which adds up to the 42-point margin, by our count.
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