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College Basketball

No. 4 UConn routs Gardner-Webb for Dan Hurley's 200th win; UCLA and Memphis spring opening-night upsets

The Huskies won 86-46 in Hartford on Monday, Nov. 2, and face No. 16 Michigan at TD Garden in Boston on Friday, Nov. 6.

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No. 4 UConn routs Gardner-Webb for Dan Hurley's 200th win; UCLA and Memphis spring opening-night upsets
Gampel Pavilion on the UConn campus in Storrs, Conn.. Photo: KyleConstable / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

No. 4 UConn opened its season with an 86-46 win over Gardner-Webb at PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford on Monday, Nov. 2, giving coach Dan Hurley his 200th win with the Huskies, The Daily Campus reported.

UConn's night

  • Braylon Mullins led all scorers with 20 points on 7-of-12 shooting, including four 3-pointers.
  • Na'jai Hines had 12 points and 12 rebounds.
  • UConn led 43-24 at halftime. Jacob Hudson led Gardner-Webb with 9 points.

UConn's next game is against No. 16 Michigan at TD Garden in Boston on Friday, Nov. 6, a rematch of the national championship game, The Daily Campus reported.

Around the country

ESPN's opening-night roundup included these results from Monday, Nov. 2:

  • No. 22 UCLA 84, No. 5 Arizona 75. Arizona's Ivan Kharchenkov scored 38 points with 10 rebounds in the loss.
  • Memphis 80, No. 18 Iowa State 76. Jayden Reid scored 26, including Memphis' last 11 points.
  • East Texas A&M 68, Oklahoma 64. Oklahoma had been favored by 28.5 points.
  • No. 1 Florida beat No. 14 Miami. Thomas Haugh had 19 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

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