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Solo Ball scores 12 points as No. 2 UConn beats East Texas A&M 81-46

AP
Nov 19, 2024

STORRS, Conn. (AP) Solo Ball scored 10 of his 12 points in the first half to lead second-ranked UConn to an 81-46 victory over East Texas A&M on Tuesday night.

Alex Karaban and Liam McNeeley added 11 points apiece, and Aidan Mahaney finished with 10 for the Huskies (4-0). Tarris Reed Jr. had nine points, 10 rebounds and three blocks off the bench.

Camerin James had 18 points and four rebounds for East Texas A&M (1-4).

UConn, the two-time defending NCAA champion, led 26-17 with 5:57 left in the first half. The Huskies made their next five shots from the field and ended the period on a 16-3 run to take a 42-20 lead at the break.

East Texas A&M: It was a return to Connecticut for East Texas A&M coach Jaret von Rosenberg, who played at Hartford from 2005-09.

UConn: The Huskies had eight dunks as they outscored East Texas A&M 50-24 in the paint.

After the Lions pulled within nine, UConn guard Hassan Diarra made a steal and set up McNeeley's dunk. Diarra converted a driving layup on the next possession and later set up a dunk by Reed to help put the Huskies up by 22 at halftime.

UConn committed 30 turnovers in its first three games, with a season high of 13 in the opener against Sacred Heart. But the Huskies exceeded that mark with 11:22 left and finished with 19 miscues.

East Texas A&M plays at Oklahoma on Thursday night. UConn faces Memphis on Monday in the first of three games in three days at the Maui Invitational.

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This story corrects East Texas A&M's record.

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1st Half
ETXAM
Lions
20
UCONN
Huskies
42

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Huskies gains possession)
19:30		Solo Ball turnover (bad pass)
19:12		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen misses three point jump shot
19:10		Solo Ball defensive rebound
19:00		Solo Ball turnover (bad pass) (Demarco Bethea steals)
18:45	+2	Scooter Williams Jr. makes two point layup	2-0
18:29	+3	Solo Ball makes three point jump shot (Liam McNeeley assists)	2-3
18:10		Scooter Williams Jr. misses two point layup
18:08		Alex Karaban defensive rebound
18:03		Aidan Mahaney misses three point jump shot
18:01		Lions defensive rebound
17:45		Demarco Bethea misses three point jump shot
17:43		Samson Johnson defensive rebound
17:32		Solo Ball misses three point jump shot
17:30		Demarco Bethea defensive rebound
17:07		Demarco Bethea misses two point jump shot
17:05		Scooter Williams Jr. offensive rebound
17:04		Scooter Williams Jr. misses two point layup
17:02		Samson Johnson defensive rebound
16:59	+2	Liam McNeeley makes two point layup	2-5
16:41		Evan Phelps turnover (lost ball) (Alex Karaban steals)
16:37	+2	Solo Ball makes two point dunk (Alex Karaban assists)	2-7
16:09		Scooter Williams Jr. misses three point jump shot
16:07		Solo Ball defensive rebound
15:52		Samson Johnson turnover (bad pass)
15:52		TV timeout
15:32		Alex Karaban blocks Tay Mosher's two point jump shot
15:30		Liam McNeeley defensive rebound
15:30		Tay Mosher personal foul (Liam McNeeley draws the foul)
15:13	+3	Solo Ball makes three point jump shot (Aidan Mahaney assists)	2-10
14:49		Samson Johnson blocks Scooter Williams Jr.'s two point layup
14:47		Lions offensive rebound
14:36	+2	Khaliq Abdul-Mateen makes two point layup	4-10
14:36		Liam McNeeley shooting foul (Khaliq Abdul-Mateen draws the foul)
14:36	+1	Khaliq Abdul-Mateen makes regular free throw 1 of 1	5-10
14:14		Tay Mosher shooting foul (Tarris Reed Jr. draws the foul)
14:14		Tarris Reed Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 2
14:14	+1	Tarris Reed Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	5-11
13:55		Tarris Reed Jr. blocks KC Ugwuakazi's two point jump shot
13:53		KC Ugwuakazi offensive rebound
13:51		KC Ugwuakazi turnover (lost ball) (Hassan Diarra steals)
13:48	+2	Hassan Diarra makes two point layup	5-13
13:13		TJ Thomas misses two point jump shot
13:11		Alex Karaban defensive rebound
13:00		Alex Karaban misses three point jump shot
12:58		Yusef Salih defensive rebound
12:48		Evan Phelps turnover (lost ball)
12:29		Jaylin Stewart turnover (bad pass) (Josh Taylor steals)
12:23		Scooter Williams Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Alex Karaban steals)
12:19		Jayden Ross misses two point layup
12:17		Tarris Reed Jr. offensive rebound
12:16	+2	Tarris Reed Jr. makes two point layup	5-15
11:55		Jaylin Stewart blocks Khaliq Abdul-Mateen's two point jump shot
11:53		Tarris Reed Jr. defensive rebound
11:47		Jaylin Stewart turnover (out of bounds)
11:47		TV timeout
11:35		Jayden Ross shooting foul (Scooter Williams Jr. draws the foul)
11:35	+1	Scooter Williams Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	6-15
11:35	+1	Scooter Williams Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	7-15
11:20	+2	Tarris Reed Jr. makes two point layup (Jayden Ross assists)	7-17
11:20		Josh Taylor shooting foul (Tarris Reed Jr. draws the foul)
11:20		Tarris Reed Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 1
11:20		Tarris Reed Jr. offensive rebound
11:17		Tarris Reed Jr. turnover (traveling)
10:53	+2	Evan Phelps makes two point layup	9-17
10:53		Jaylin Stewart shooting foul (Evan Phelps draws the foul)
10:53		Evan Phelps misses regular free throw 1 of 1
10:53		Alex Karaban defensive rebound
10:35		Jayden Ross misses three point jump shot
10:33		Jaylin Stewart offensive rebound
10:29		Demarco Bethea shooting foul (Hassan Diarra draws the foul)
10:29	+1	Hassan Diarra makes regular free throw 1 of 2	9-18
10:29		Hassan Diarra misses regular free throw 2 of 2
10:29		Hassan Diarra offensive rebound
10:20		Hassan Diarra turnover (lost ball) (Evan Phelps steals)
10:16		Jayden Ross blocks Evan Phelps's two point layup
10:14		Lions offensive rebound
10:02		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen misses two point jump shot
10:00		Tarris Reed Jr. defensive rebound
9:41		Scooter Williams Jr. personal foul (Tarris Reed Jr. draws the foul)
9:24		Hassan Diarra turnover (out of bounds)
9:24		Aidan Mahaney shooting foul (Demarco Bethea draws the foul)
9:24		Demarco Bethea misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:24	+1	Demarco Bethea makes regular free throw 2 of 2	10-18
9:07	+3	Aidan Mahaney makes three point jump shot (Liam McNeeley assists)	10-21
8:47		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen misses two point jump shot
8:45		Liam McNeeley defensive rebound
8:37		Liam McNeeley misses two point layup
8:35		Huskies offensive rebound
8:31	+2	Liam McNeeley makes two point layup	10-23
8:31		Demarco Bethea shooting foul (Liam McNeeley draws the foul)
8:31	+1	Liam McNeeley makes regular free throw 1 of 1	10-24
8:12	+2	Camerin James makes two point layup	12-24
8:12		Samson Johnson shooting foul (Camerin James draws the foul)
8:12		Camerin James misses regular free throw 1 of 1
8:12		Samson Johnson defensive rebound
7:51		Jayden Ross misses two point jump shot
7:49		Mykol Sanchez-Vega defensive rebound
7:30		TJ Thomas turnover (lost ball) (Jayden Ross steals)
7:25		Jayden Ross misses two point layup
7:23		Samson Johnson offensive rebound
7:23		Samson Johnson misses two point layup
7:21		Liam McNeeley offensive rebound
7:20		Liam McNeeley misses two point jump shot
7:18		Tay Mosher defensive rebound
7:15		Lions 30 second timeout
7:15		TV timeout
7:06		Samson Johnson blocks Khaliq Abdul-Mateen's two point layup
7:04		Camerin James offensive rebound
7:00	+2	Camerin James makes two point dunk	14-24
6:39		Tay Mosher shooting foul (Alex Karaban draws the foul)
6:39	+1	Alex Karaban makes regular free throw 1 of 2	14-25
6:39	+1	Alex Karaban makes regular free throw 2 of 2	14-26
6:22		Camerin James misses two point jump shot
6:20		Samson Johnson defensive rebound
6:11		Aidan Mahaney misses three point jump shot
6:09		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen defensive rebound
5:57	+3	Yusef Salih makes three point jump shot	17-26
5:41		Samson Johnson turnover (traveling)
5:32		Aidan Mahaney personal foul (Yusef Salih draws the foul)
5:27		Camerin James turnover (bad pass) (Hassan Diarra steals)
5:23	+2	Liam McNeeley makes two point dunk (Hassan Diarra assists)	17-28
5:23		Lions 30 second timeout
5:02		Yusef Salih turnover (bad pass) (Tarris Reed Jr. steals)
4:43	+2	Hassan Diarra makes two point layup	17-30
4:25		Yusef Salih misses three point jump shot
4:23		Tarris Reed Jr. defensive rebound
4:15	+2	Alex Karaban makes two point layup	17-32
4:15		Josh Taylor shooting foul (Alex Karaban draws the foul)
4:15	+1	Alex Karaban makes regular free throw 1 of 1	17-33
3:57		Hassan Diarra blocks Camerin James's two point layup
3:55		Lions offensive rebound
3:55		TV timeout
3:45		Lions turnover (shot clock violation)
3:28	+2	Solo Ball makes two point jump shot	17-35
3:14		Mykol Sanchez-Vega misses three point jump shot
3:12		Lions offensive rebound
3:12		Tarris Reed Jr. personal foul (Camerin James draws the foul)
3:12		Camerin James misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:12		Tarris Reed Jr. defensive rebound
2:56	+2	Tarris Reed Jr. makes two point dunk (Hassan Diarra assists)	17-37
2:34		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen misses three point jump shot
2:32		Tarris Reed Jr. defensive rebound
2:24		Hassan Diarra turnover (bad pass) (Khaliq Abdul-Mateen steals)
2:13		Demarco Bethea misses three point jump shot
2:11		Huskies defensive rebound
2:03		Jayden Ross misses three point jump shot
2:01		Tarris Reed Jr. offensive rebound
1:59		Liam McNeeley misses three point jump shot
1:57		Evan Phelps defensive rebound
1:57		Jump ball. (Lions gains possession)
1:29		Ahmad Nowell personal foul (Evan Phelps draws the foul)
1:29		Evan Phelps misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:29		Tarris Reed Jr. defensive rebound
1:12		Tarris Reed Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Khaliq Abdul-Mateen steals)
0:58		Josh Taylor turnover (lost ball) (Ahmad Nowell steals)
0:55	+2	Jayden Ross makes two point dunk (Tarris Reed Jr. assists)	17-39
0:55		Josh Taylor shooting foul (Jayden Ross draws the foul)
0:55	+1	Jayden Ross makes regular free throw 1 of 1	17-40
0:39	+3	Scooter Williams Jr. makes three point jump shot (Evan Phelps assists)	20-40
0:27		Evan Phelps personal foul (Ahmad Nowell draws the foul)
0:27	+1	Ahmad Nowell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	20-41
0:27	+1	Ahmad Nowell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	20-42
0:05		Evan Phelps misses two point layup
0:03		Tarris Reed Jr. defensive rebound
0:00		Ahmad Nowell misses three point jump shot
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
ETXAM
Lions
26
UCONN
Huskies
39

Time		Play	Score
19:31	+2	Aidan Mahaney makes two point layup	20-44
19:02		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen turnover (3-second violation)
18:39	+3	Alex Karaban makes three point jump shot	20-47
18:39		Scooter Williams Jr. personal foul (Samson Johnson draws the foul)
18:36	+2	Liam McNeeley makes two point layup	20-49
18:21		Solo Ball personal foul (Scooter Williams Jr. draws the foul)
18:14		Demarco Bethea turnover (bad pass)
18:01		Aidan Mahaney misses three point jump shot
17:59		Josh Taylor defensive rebound
17:53		Samson Johnson blocks Khaliq Abdul-Mateen's two point layup
17:51		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen offensive rebound
17:48	+2	Khaliq Abdul-Mateen makes two point layup	22-49
17:32	+3	Alex Karaban makes three point jump shot (Solo Ball assists)	22-52
17:06	+3	Evan Phelps makes three point jump shot (Khaliq Abdul-Mateen assists)	25-52
16:37	+3	Aidan Mahaney makes three point jump shot (Samson Johnson assists)	25-55
16:32		Alex Karaban personal foul (Scooter Williams Jr. draws the foul)
16:15		Josh Taylor misses three point jump shot
16:13		Lions offensive rebound
16:13		Samson Johnson personal foul (Demarco Bethea draws the foul)
16:00		Demarco Bethea turnover (traveling)
16:00		TV timeout
15:51		Aidan Mahaney misses two point layup
15:49		Demarco Bethea defensive rebound
15:34		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen misses two point jump shot
15:32		Aidan Mahaney defensive rebound
15:29		Samson Johnson turnover (bad pass) (Scooter Williams Jr. steals)
15:16		Solo Ball blocks Scooter Williams Jr.'s two point jump shot
15:14		Aidan Mahaney defensive rebound
15:08		Liam McNeeley misses two point layup
15:06		Liam McNeeley offensive rebound
15:06	+2	Liam McNeeley makes two point layup	25-57
14:37		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen turnover (lost ball)
14:28	+2	Aidan Mahaney makes two point layup	25-59
14:13		Camerin James turnover (bad pass) (Samson Johnson steals)
13:56		Alex Karaban turnover (bad pass) (Tay Mosher steals)
13:50		Mykol Sanchez-Vega misses two point jump shot
13:48		Huskies defensive rebound
13:48		Camerin James personal foul (Liam McNeeley draws the foul)
13:25	+2	Solo Ball makes two point layup (Hassan Diarra assists)	25-61
13:07	+2	Camerin James makes two point jump shot	27-61
12:53		TJ Thomas personal foul (Solo Ball draws the foul)
12:52		Camerin James personal foul (Hassan Diarra draws the foul)
12:38		Jayden Ross misses three point jump shot
12:36		Lions defensive rebound
12:36		Alex Karaban personal foul (KC Ugwuakazi draws the foul)
12:14		Camerin James turnover (lost ball) (Jayden Ross steals)
11:57	+3	Jayden Ross makes three point jump shot (Tarris Reed Jr. assists)	27-64
11:38	+2	KC Ugwuakazi makes two point dunk (TJ Thomas assists)	29-64
11:22		Hassan Diarra turnover (bad pass) (Tay Mosher steals)
11:13		KC Ugwuakazi misses two point layup
11:11		KC Ugwuakazi offensive rebound
11:11		Tarris Reed Jr. shooting foul (KC Ugwuakazi draws the foul)
11:11		TV timeout
11:10	+1	KC Ugwuakazi makes regular free throw 1 of 2	30-64
11:10	+1	KC Ugwuakazi makes regular free throw 2 of 2	31-64
10:57	+2	Samson Johnson makes two point dunk (Jaylin Stewart assists)	31-66
10:35		Camerin James misses two point layup
10:33		KC Ugwuakazi offensive rebound
10:33		Jayden Ross shooting foul (KC Ugwuakazi draws the foul)
10:33		KC Ugwuakazi misses regular free throw 1 of 2
10:33	+1	KC Ugwuakazi makes regular free throw 2 of 2	32-66
10:19		KC Ugwuakazi personal foul (Samson Johnson draws the foul)
10:17		Aidan Mahaney misses three point jump shot
10:15		Camerin James defensive rebound
10:10		Liam McNeeley shooting foul (Camerin James draws the foul)
10:10	+1	Camerin James makes regular free throw 1 of 2	33-66
10:10	+1	Camerin James makes regular free throw 2 of 2	34-66
10:02		Jaylin Stewart turnover (bad pass) (Camerin James steals)
9:59	+2	Camerin James makes two point dunk	36-66
9:48		Scooter Williams Jr. blocks Jayden Ross's three point jump shot
9:46		Demarco Bethea defensive rebound
9:37		Scooter Williams Jr. misses two point jump shot
9:35		Huskies defensive rebound
9:10		Hassan Diarra misses three point jump shot
9:08		Scooter Williams Jr. defensive rebound
8:57		Josh Taylor misses three point jump shot
8:55		Hassan Diarra defensive rebound
8:46		Aidan Mahaney misses three point jump shot
8:44		Demarco Bethea defensive rebound
8:13		Scooter Williams Jr. misses three point jump shot
8:11		Camerin James offensive rebound
8:08	+2	Camerin James makes two point layup	38-66
8:08		Liam McNeeley shooting foul (Camerin James draws the foul)
8:08		TV timeout
8:08	+1	Camerin James makes regular free throw 1 of 1	39-66
7:53		Solo Ball turnover (bad pass) (Scooter Williams Jr. steals)
7:32		Scooter Williams Jr. turnover (bad pass)
7:21		Tarris Reed Jr. misses two point layup
7:19		Scooter Williams Jr. defensive rebound
7:00		Evan Phelps misses two point jump shot
6:58		Huskies defensive rebound
6:33	+2	Hassan Diarra makes two point layup	39-68
6:18		Demarco Bethea misses three point jump shot
6:16		Hassan Diarra defensive rebound
5:59	+2	Samson Johnson makes two point dunk (Alex Karaban assists)	39-70
5:36		Evan Phelps misses two point layup
5:34		Ahmad Nowell defensive rebound
5:29		Alex Karaban misses three point jump shot
5:27		Lions defensive rebound
5:14		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen offensive foul
5:14		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen turnover (offensive foul)
5:00	+2	Samson Johnson makes two point dunk (Alex Karaban assists)	39-72
4:37		Scooter Williams Jr. misses two point layup
4:35		Camerin James offensive rebound
4:35		Camerin James misses two point layup
4:33		Hassan Diarra defensive rebound
4:31		Ahmad Nowell misses three point jump shot
4:29		Hassan Diarra offensive rebound
4:27		Scooter Williams Jr. personal foul (Ahmad Nowell draws the foul)
4:27		Ahmad Nowell misses regular free throw 1 of 1
4:27		Ahmad Nowell offensive rebound
4:21	+2	Samson Johnson makes two point layup (Ahmad Nowell assists)	39-74
3:59		Ahmad Nowell shooting foul (Khaliq Abdul-Mateen draws the foul)
3:59		TV timeout
3:59		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen misses regular free throw 1 of 2
3:59		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:59		Jayden Ross defensive rebound
3:38		Hassan Diarra turnover (bad pass) (KC Ugwuakazi steals)
3:25		Solo Ball personal foul (Camerin James draws the foul)
3:25	+1	Camerin James makes regular free throw 1 of 2	40-74
3:25		Camerin James misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:25		Tay Mosher offensive rebound
3:19		Tarris Reed Jr. blocks Tay Mosher's two point layup
3:17		KC Ugwuakazi offensive rebound
3:10		Tarris Reed Jr. blocks Camerin James's two point layup
3:08		Lions offensive rebound
3:07		Tay Mosher misses three point jump shot
3:05		Ahmad Nowell defensive rebound
2:54	+2	Jaylin Stewart makes two point layup (Ahmad Nowell assists)	40-76
2:54		KC Ugwuakazi shooting foul (Jaylin Stewart draws the foul)
2:54	+1	Jaylin Stewart makes regular free throw 1 of 1	40-77
2:38		Yusef Salih misses three point jump shot
2:36		Jaylin Stewart defensive rebound
2:25		Tarris Reed Jr. misses two point jump shot
2:23		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen defensive rebound
2:16		Camerin James misses two point jump shot
2:14		Isaiah Abraham defensive rebound
2:12		Isaiah Abraham turnover (bad pass) (Khaliq Abdul-Mateen steals)
2:09	+2	Camerin James makes two point dunk (Khaliq Abdul-Mateen assists)	42-77
1:56		Ahmad Nowell turnover (bad pass) (Camerin James steals)
1:51	+2	Camerin James makes two point layup	44-77
1:34	+2	Tarris Reed Jr. makes two point dunk (Jayden Ross assists)	44-79
1:28		Lions 30 second timeout
1:25		KC Ugwuakazi misses three point jump shot
1:23		Jaylin Stewart defensive rebound
1:10	+2	Ahmad Nowell makes two point layup	44-81
0:41		TJ Thomas misses two point jump shot
0:39		KC Ugwuakazi offensive rebound
0:36		KC Ugwuakazi turnover (bad pass) (Jayden Ross steals)
0:21		Isaiah Abraham misses three point jump shot
0:19		Lions defensive rebound
0:19		Youssouf Singare personal foul (KC Ugwuakazi draws the foul)
0:19	+1	KC Ugwuakazi makes regular free throw 1 of 2	45-81
0:19	+1	KC Ugwuakazi makes regular free throw 2 of 2	46-81
0:00		End of period

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KC Ugwuakazi makes regular free throw 2 of 2