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#4 UConn Routs UMass Lowell In Historic 110-47 Win
11/7/2025 11:24:00 PM | Men's Basketball
HARTFORD – The No. 4 UConn men's basketball team (2-0) completely dominated UMass Lowell (1-1) by way of a 110-47 decision on Friday night at a sold-out PeoplesBank Arena. The Huskies set the program record by racing out to a 47-point halftime lead and had seven players score in double-figures in the rout.
Tarris Reed Jr. made his season debut for the Huskies and it could not have gone much better, as the senior big man finished 17 minutes of play with 20 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks on 9-of-12 shooting for his 11th career double-double. Silas Demary Jr. added 16 points, seven assists and four steals while Solo Ball (14), Malachi Smith (14), Alex Karaban (13), Eric Reibe (11) and Jaylin Stewart (10) also finished with double-digits.
The Huskies opened the game on a blistering 44-3 run and did not allow a field goal for over 13 minutes of game action. UConn shot over 60 percent on the day for the first time since Feb. 10, 2024 and held UMass Lowell under 25 percent.
How it Happened
The Huskies jumped ahead quick, scoring the first 11 points of regulation with Reed Jr. breaking the ice on UConn's first trip with a putback. Ahead of the first media timeout Ball and Karaban splashed back-to-back 3-pointers and UConn took a 17-1 edge to the first timeout at 15:18 of the opening stanza.
Minutes later, Smith rattled off a personal 9-0 run to put the Huskies up 26-2 with 13:10 to play in the first. The Huskies kept their foot on the throttle in full for the opening 20 minutes, opening up an absurd 44-3 lead with a Jayden Ross steal-and-score before a UML timeout at 7:37. The Huskies would go on to take a 64-17 lead to the break, shooting 68.6 percent in the first half and holding the River Hawks to 12.0 percent.
The second half featured more of the same. Reed Jr. polished off his double-double with his 10th board at the 10:50 mark of the frame. Both sides subbed liberally late, allowing for the official UConn debuts of Rrezon Elezaj and Uroš Paunovic.
Inside The Numbers
- The Huskies shot a blistering 60.9 percent (42-69) from the field, hit at a 39.1 percent (9-23) clip from 3-point range and finished 77.3 percent (17-22) from the line
- UConn last shot over 60 percent when it hit at a 61.1 percent clip on Feb. 10, 2024 against Georgetown
- Conversely, UConn held UML to 21.3 percent (10-47) shooting from the floor and a 4-14 (28.6 percent) day from downtown
- UConn last held a foe below 25 percent shooting on Jan. 31, 2016 when it limited UCF to a 12-51 (23.5 percent) day
- Connecticut was +24 on the glass, out-rebounding Lowell 46-22
- Reed Jr. led the way with 12 rebounds and Ball, Reibe and Ross all had five
- The Huskies turned 15 offensive rebounds into a 16-7 edge in second chance points
- UConn did not allow a field goal until 6:18 of the first, forcing 17 straight misses to start the contest
- The Huskies forced 11 turnovers before their first miscue and finished +11 in turnover margin, out-scoring the River Hawks 35-8 in transition and 30-10 off turnovers
- Connecticut recorded 27 assists on 42 field goals, led by Demary with seven and Stewart dishing out a career-high six
- UConn finished with a 62-12 advantage in points in the paint
- The Husky reserves out-scored the UML bench 37-11
News and Notes
- The Huskies improve to 3-0 all-time against the River Hawks
- UConn's 47-point halftime lead was the largest in program history
- The previous record was 40 (63-23) against Wagner on 11/27/98
- The largest prior halftime lead in the Dan Hurley era was 35 (62-27) against Long Island on 12/10/22
- The 110-point outing for the Huskies marked the most since they scored 114 against LIU on Dec. 10, 2022 – that was also the last time UConn made over 40 field goals
- The double-double for Reed Jr. was his first of the season and 11th career, it was also the fifth '20 and 10' double-double of his UConn career
- Friday night marked UConn's 14th-straight regular season sellout in Hartford, a streak dating back to Dec. 23, 2023
- UConn has now won 19-straight in Hartford and has won 35-straight home games against non-conference foes
Up Next
The Huskies have a quick turn and return to action on campus on Monday, Nov. 10 with Columbia visiting Gampel Pavilion at 6:30 p.m. on FS1.
