UConn routs Iona, 93-74
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.