Gaels lose senior guard Alex Ducas to a back injury on their way to 70-55 loss to UConn in NCAA Tournament Sunday.
ALBANY – In the end, Saint Mary’s just couldn’t keep up with the UConn men’s basketball team, which is headed back to the Sweet 16 for the first time in seven years.
Sanogo added a team-high eight rebounds and made 11 of his 16 shots, while Hawkins heated up like a microwave and shot 4-of-5 from beyond the arc, making all four 3-pointers in a span of about three minutes. The score remaining close, Andre Jackson soared to the rim for a defensive rebound and pushed the pace himself with about a minute left in the opening 20. The co-captain thread a needle with a bounce pass and found Calcaterra again in transition.
Alex Ducas had eight points for the Gaels on 3-of-4 shooting before he went down holding his lower back with about five minutes left in the first half. The Australian senior guard, who entered Sunday averaging more than 12 points per game, struggled to walk off the court and sit comfortably on the bench. He did not return to the game.
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