WBB: Ducharme Leads UConn In Win Over St. John's
NEW YORK (AP) — With UConn still short-handed by injuries and COVID-19 protocols, freshman Caroline Ducharme continued her stellar play.
She scored a season-high 28 points — her third time above 20 in the past four games — to help the ninth-ranked Huskies beat St. John's 75-57 on Sunday.
"Who would have thought she'd be doing this?" UConn coach said. "We found something. we knew she was good, we found out she's really, really good."
Ducharme was 13 for 22 from the field.
"I like when people that can shoot take a lot of shots. people that can score, take a lot of shots," he said. "The alternative is people who can't score take a lot of shots. Shooters shoot, scorers score. We came out of a timeout and ran a couple plays for Caroline specifically."
Dorka Juhasz added 16 points and added 18 rebounds and 10 assists for the Huskies, who only had eight healthy players again.
UConn (11-4, 6-0 Big East) trailed 15-11 with 2:31 left in the first quarter before going on a 25-7 run over the next eight minutes to take control of the game. Ducharme had nine points during the spurt. Nika Muhl's layup capped the run and made it 36-22.
The Huskies led 42-31 at the half.
St. John's tried to rally behind Kadaja Bailey and Leilani Correa, who scored 21 and 19 respectively to lead the Red Storm (5-12, 1-6). They cut the deficit to 61-53 early in the fourth quarter, but Ducharme and Juhasz responded with 3-pointers and St. John's, which has lost eight straight, couldn't get closer the rest of the way.
"The way we fought we proved a lot to ourselves that we can hang in there," Correa said. "They are tougher than a lot of the teams we've faced. We need to be tougher to pull out wins."
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