🚨 LIAM. MCNEELEY. Bad Move to Count Out the Huskies!

AP Photo // Bonnie Ryan

What to know: You don’t count out the back-to-back National Champs! You just don’t do it. Their freshman superstar came up big yesterday…BIG!

UConn was on the road last night in a place they had never won before. In the few years they’ve been in the Big East together, UConn-Creighton has been one of the better rivalries in the conference. Despite winning back-to-back titles, UConn still had not beaten Creighton in Omaha.

The Huskies were coming off a tough loss at home to St. Johns, and Creighton was heading into the game with a 9-game winning streak. The Huskies were just going to mail it in, right?

What a ridiculous thought that would be!

HAVE A NIGHT, LIAM MCNEELEY! It was a historic night for the freshman! He had a UConn freshman record 38 points! He shattered the record of Rip Hamilton, who had scored 31 twice. When UConn fell behind by 14 points in the first half, with a laboring Hassan Diarra and Solo Ball, it looked like it could get ugly quick.

You don’t often see anybody in college basketball single-handedly put the team on their back, let alone a freshman, but what went on in the final 30 minutes of the game was unlike anything Huskies fans have seen from a freshman! McNeeley went 12/22 from the field and 5/10 from behind the arc. He tacked on 10 rebounds as well! Just an all-around dominant performance from McNeeley. The highlights are worth watching HERE.

This was UConn’s first game outside the AP Top 25 in 2 years, and leave it to the guy who still hasn’t won any hardware with the team to erupt!

What a game, what a performance.

It doesn’t matter what seed this team is, they will be DANGEROUS in March! When the going gets tough, the tough get going!

UConn 70, Creighton 66! Great win for the Huskies!

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