Phil Knight Invitational Championship: No. 20 UConn men’s basketball vs. Iowa State
No. 20 UConn men's basketball team is undefeated. They are playing in the Phil Knight Invitational Championship on Sunday, November 27 at 10 p.m. ET. Iowa State is standing in their way.
No. 20 UConn men's basketball team plays Iowa State in the Phil Knight Invitational Championship.
No. 20 UConn is playing in the Phil Knight Invitational. They are playing Iowa State. The Huskies have shot well from the 3-point line. Iowa is ranked 21st in KenPom's adjusted defensive efficiency metric. Uconn has turned the ball over 12 times in each of their first two games. It will be key for U Connecticut to protect the basketball.
Iowa State is ranked 79th in adjusted offensive efficiency. Jaren Holmes is in the top 50 in usage rate and has taken 32.0 percent of his team’s field goal attempts. He will face a tough match-up with UConn”s long guards. Last year, Holmes played all 40 minutes and scored 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds on 6-for-14 shooting. Osun Osunniyi is a St. Bonaventure transfer who has averaged 10.6 points per game this year and 64.7 percent from the field.
