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Posted on: Monday, December 28, 2009

UConn routs Iona, 93-74


Associated Press

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Stanley Robinson delighted daughters Kamilah, 4, and Kelsi, 2, with this dunk for 11th-ranked Connecticut.

THOMAS CAIN | Associated Press

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HARTFORD, Conn. — UConn's Stanley Robinson put on a show for his two daughters during their first visit to Connecticut.

The senior forward scored a season-high 29 points and Jerome Dyson added 17 as the 11th-ranked Huskies beat Iona, 93-74, yesterday.

"I think I like playing better when my family is here," Robinson said.

Kemba Walker had 14 points and seven assists, and freshman Jamal Coombs-McDaniel chipped in with a career-high 13 points.

UConn (9-2) opened a 14-point lead at intermission after struggling in the first half against its last two non-conference opponents.

Scott Machado scored 14 points for the Gaels (8-5), who had won four in a row.

"They did a good job of containing our penetration early, and then we could never get into the bonus," said Iona coach Kevin Willard. "It's tough when a team shoots 35 free throws and you shoot 10. You have no chance — road, home, neutral, Mars."

With 4-year-old Kamilah and 2-year-old Kelsi in the stands, Robinson scored 19 in the second half, including an alley-oop dunk off a pass from Dyson with 3 minutes left that made it 91-70.

That was perhaps the highlight of the day for Robinson, but probably not for the girls, who are on a holiday visit from their home in Alabama.

"We've spent a lot of time playing in the snow," Robinson said. "They liked that."

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Quincy Pondexter scored 22 points and the host Huskies (9-2) started slowly, briefly gave away a big lead, then cruised past the Dons (4-10). Rashad Green and Moustapha Diarra scored 14 points apiece for San Francisco, which lost for the 10th time in 12 games.

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