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By JACOB POLACHECK Jabri Abdur-Rahim, the 6-foot-5 small
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By ADAM ZAGORIA Fresh off reaching the championship
By ADAM ZAGORIA NEW YORK -- Dan Hurley
By ADAM ZAGORIA NEW YORK -- As his
By ADAM ZAGORIA
Back when he was in middle school and casting about for a high school to take his basketball talents to, Tyus Battle visited St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark.
At the time, the Gray Bees were a national power and happened to be led by a young coach on the rise: Dan Hurley.
For a brief period, Gary Battle, Tyus’ father, considered sending his oldest boy to play for Hurley.
“Oh yeah, I do remember that,” 6-foot-6 Tyus Battle said Wednesday by phone. “St. Benedict’s was a really good team at that time. That was at the time when I was looking to go to high school and stuff like that. I mean, he’s a really good coach at all levels he’s been at.”
By PAT EATON-ROBB
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn coach Dan Hurley is happy with the energy level of his Huskies, now he’d like to see them develop a killer instinct.
Hurley had a successful coaching debut at his new school Thursday as UConn broke open a close game, then held off a pesky Morehead State team for an 80-70 win.
Josh Carlton scored 17 points and pulled down eight rebounds. Jalen Adams scored 16 points and Alterique Gilbert added 15 for the Huskies, who led by just four points at halftime.
Lamontray Harris had 16 points and Malek Green 14 for Morehead State (1-1).
UConn never trailed. The Huskies led by as many as 13 in the first half and 16 in the second, but had to weather several Morehead State runs.
“We were playing with fire,” Hurley said. “We had a chance to kind of bury them a couple times and we let it hang around and be a 10 point game.”
