Uconn wins Maui Tournament

Wednesday night was a big night for the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team. They were victorious in Maui. The unranked Huskies lead by junior, and arguably the best player in college basketball right now, the huskies defeated number two Michigan State in the semi finals to play number eight Kentucky. Kemba Walker the most valuable player of the tournament had an outstanding game against the Spartans. Starting the second half with only one point he ended the game with thirty The only Uconn player to score three consecutive thirty point games. He hit a key jumper with under a minute left, to secure the win for the huskies. It was scary when, 54 percent free throw shooter Alex Oriahki went to the line to keep the huskies’ lead. Wednesday night was the big night unranked Uconn, whose team had only two returning seniors, against the number eight Kentucky Wildcats. Kemba walker lit up the game scoring twenty nine points, at the end of the first half Uconn led by twenty. After the game Kemba said, “We wanted to show the world that we’re still Uconn”