Florida 73, at Connecticut 77

NEW YORK (Interstat) — In a tense, back-and-forth battle at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night, the Connecticut Huskies edged the Florida Gators 77-73 in a nonconference men’s basketball game that was not decided until the final seconds. The Huskies, playing in front of a partisan crowd of 19,694, improved to 9-1 on the season, while the Gators fell to 5-4. The game’s defining sequence came in the final half-minute. With Connecticut clinging to a 71-69 lead, Florida’s Boogie Fland, a Bronx native, drove for a layup to tie the game at 71 with just 13 seconds remaining. On the… Read more...