National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Connecticut 82, DePaul 62
When: 2:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 15, 2011
Where: Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois
Officials: # Jeff Clark, # Tony Greene, # Mike Roberts
Attendance: 9581

Kemba Walker went off for 31 points on 10-of-17 shooting as No. 9 Connecticut dominated DePaul, 82-62, on Saturday.

Freshman Jeremy Lamb added 13 points, six rebounds and four assists and Alex Oriakhi chipped in 11 points for the Huskies (14-2, 3-2 Big East), who shot 21 of 25 from the free-throw line and 51 percent from the floor in the rout.

Walker carried Connecticut in the first half, pouring in 22 points on 8-of-12 shooting. The Huskies led by as much as 43-28 when Walker buried his lone 3-pointer of the half with 2:09 remaining before the Blue Demons managed to cut it to 45-34 at the break.

DePaul (6-11, 0-5) was within 50-40 at the 15:55 mark before the Huskies took off again, holding the Blue Demons without a field goal over the next six minutes and extending the lead out to 78-46 with just over six minutes to play.

Cleveland Melvin scored 25 points for DePaul, which shot 32 percent from the floor in falling into a tie for last place in the Big East.

Connecticut enters its most difficult stretch on Monday when it welcomes No. 7 Villanova. Tennessee, Marquette, Louisville and Syracuse are all on the slate over the next few weeks.
Top Game Performances
 
Connecticut   DePaul
Kemba Walker 31 Scoring Cleveland Melvin 25
Shabazz Napier 6 Assists Brandon Young 5
Roscoe Smith 7 Rebounds Cleveland Melvin 12
Kemba Walker 9 Free Throws Made Cleveland Melvin 5
Kemba Walker 3 Steals Tony Freeland 1
Alex Oriakhi 3 Blocks Tony Freeland 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Connecticut 82 50.9 5-14 21-25 23 36 9 4
DePaul 62 31.9 6-19 12-17 17 40 1 2