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Men's Basketball Highlights - UConn 84, ECU 80

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Channel: American Conference · 2018 · Sports

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GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Connecticut put together one of its best offensive performances of the season. The Huskies needed it, because ECU's Isaac Fleming came up with another triple-double.

UConn beat the Pirates 84-80 on Sunday despite the do-it-all ECU guard.

Jalen Adams scored 26 points, Terry Larrier added 20 points and Christian Vital finished with 16 to help the Huskies (13-14, 6-8 American Athletic Conference) snap a two-game losing streak. They shot 58.2 percent and hit 13 3-pointers -- both season highs -- in their highest-scoring performance since a double-overtime, 90-88 loss to Tulsa on Jan. 3.

"We made shots. We've just got to get better defensively, and we've got to rebound the ball better," UConn coach Kevin Ollie said.

Only twice has an ECU player finished with a triple-double -- and both belong to Fleming in the past month. He finished with 13 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for the Pirates (10-15, 4-10).

"It shows that he's getting better as a player," ECU interim coach Michael Perry said. "He's an interesting kid because he's got a lot of moxie, as you can see on the floor. Just getting him to harness that and put that energy in the right areas. ... As he begins to do that, you're going to see a better overall basketball game, and it's happening for him."

Shawn Williams added 26 points, and his deep 3-pointer -- his seventh of the game -- pulled ECU to 82-80 with 15.6 seconds left.

Adams hit two free throws with 14.7 seconds remaining, and after B.J. Tyson left a layup short with about six seconds remaining, Tyler Polley grabbed the defensive rebound that effectively sealed it.

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