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March Madness 2022: New Mexico State upsets UConn in men’s tourney
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Teddy Allen scored 37 factors and New Mexico State received an NCAA Match recreation for the primary time nearly three a long time, upsetting fifth-seeded Connecticut 70-63 Thursday night time to develop into the second No. 12 seed to advance out of the primary spherical.
The Aggies (27-6) will face the winner of the Arkansas-Vermont recreation on Saturday within the West Area. In its twenty third NCAA look, the Aggies received for the primary time since beating Syracuse within the first spherical in 1993.
New Mexico State had not been again to Upstate New York since beating Syracuse within the Service Dome. In Buffalo, Allen and the Aggies made one other reminiscence.
Allen made a rainbow 3 off the dribble with 1:40 to place New Mexico State up 61-58.
New Mexico State guard Teddy Allen (0) reacts to followers after scoring in opposition to Connecticut late within the second half of a faculty basketball recreation within the first spherical of the NCAA males’s match Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Buffalo, N.Y.
(AP Photograph/Frank Franklin II)
He wasn’t performed. After R.J. Cole (20 factors) lower the result in one for UConn (23-10), Allen went again to work.
The 6-foot-6 junior drove laborious to the basket and scooped it residence whereas drawing a foul. He popped off the ground and ran over to the sideline to flex for the Aggies’ followers earlier than finishing the three-point play for a 66-60 lead with 27 seconds left.
The Western Athletic Convention champions adopted the match’s first 5-12 upset onto the ground at KeyBank Heart. After Richmond eradicated Huge Ten champion Iowa, New Mexico State asserted itself within the first half in opposition to UConn from the Huge East.
Huskies coach Dan Hurley referred to as Allen “a bucket” the day earlier than his staff confronted the well-traveled scorer.
The West Virginia (and Wichita State, Nebraska and junior faculty) switch made a bunch of them in opposition to UConn after beginning the sport 0 for six.
Allen made his subsequent 5 to guide a closing 12-2 run that put the Aggies up 32-22 at halftime.
The Aggies upped the result in as many as 14 early within the second half, however UConn slowly clawed again and tied it 52 with 5:08 remaining.
However the Huskies by no means led within the second half.
Allen completed 4 for 7 from 3 and 13 for 13 on free throws.
BIG PICTURE
New Mexico State: That is the sixth time within the within the final 12 NCAA Tournaments a couple of No. 12 seed superior out of the primary spherical.
UConn: Adama Sanogo, the Huskies’ second-leading scorer, by no means did get going inside. He completed with 10 factors and eight rebounds on 4-of-9 capturing.
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New Mexico State will attempt to win two video games in an NCAA Match for the primary time since 1970.