Sports News

COL BKB: Connecticut 61, W. Virginia 55

Published: Jan. 6, 2009 at 10:00 PM

MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Jeff Adrien and Hasheem Thabeet combined for 30 points and 20 rebounds Tuesday, helping fifth-ranked Connecticut beat No. 22 West Virginia 61-55.

Adrien had 17 points, and Thabeet 13 points and 13 rebounds for UConn (13-1, 2-1 Big East).

Stanley Robinson had 15 rebounds as the Huskies held a 52-33 edge on the backboard.

De'Sean Butler, in foul trouble for most of the game, scored 13 points for West Virginia (11-3, 1-1), which had its five-game winning streak stopped. Alex Ruoff also had 13 points for the Mountaineers.

© 2009 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Order reprints



Additional News Stories
Lewis resignation caught board off guard (7 min)
Study: Africa's Congo Basis once treeless (23 min)
U.S. markets mixed Thursday morning (39 min)
Kim wins $1 million at Kiwi Challenge (42 min)
EU warns more countries on rising debt
Northwestern Univ. doctor to make history
NASA prepares for Atlantis liftoff
fark
Photoshop what this newlywedded Farker and his wife should be holding
"Brain-delving boffins in key monkey-butler breakthrough"
Royal Air Force display team announces its first female pilot. For safety's sake, she will be surrounded...
After putting out an arrest warrant on Spider-Man for hitting a guy, police find that they have...
Welfare recipient and sometime model caught with four pounds of coke in her Benz. She is a naughty...
Man-gagement rings, made of masculine materials like steel, tungsten and cobalt, are gaining popularity...