Furman Paladins vs UConn Huskies, NCAA Men's Basketball Championship East Region 1st Round

College Basketball

22-13

71-82

Final

30-5

Xfinity Mobile Arena

Team	1H	2H	T
FUR	36	35	71
CONN	40	42	82

Who won: UConn 82-71

The UConn Huskies beat the Furman Paladins 82-71 in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship East Region 1st Round on Friday, March 20, 2026 at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Tarris Reed Jr. led the UConn in points (31). Tom House led the Furman in points (21).

Leaders

FURCONN

Points

Tom House

21

Tarris Reed Jr.

31

Assists

Ben Vander Wal

5

Malachi Smith

7

Rebounds

Charles Johnston

6

Tarris Reed Jr.

27

Scoring

2nd Half

16:54

LayUpShot

Charles Johnston makes layup (Ben Vander Wal assists)

42-50

16:54

MadeFreeThrow

Charles Johnston makes free throw 1 of 1

43-50

16:38

LayUpShot

Malachi Smith makes driving layup

43-52

15:56

JumpShot

Tarris Reed Jr. makes 6-foot hook shot (Braylon Mullins assists)

43-54

15:31

LayUpShot

Cole Bowser makes layup (Alex Wilkins assists)

45-54

14:50

DunkShot

Charles Johnston makes 2-foot dunk

47-54

14:32

LayUpShot

Tarris Reed Jr. makes layup (Alex Karaban assists)

47-56

14:09

JumpShot

Tom House makes 27-foot three point jumper (Cooper Bowser assists)

50-56

13:53

MadeFreeThrow

Tarris Reed Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2

50-57

13:53

MadeFreeThrow

Tarris Reed Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2

50-58

13:35

MadeFreeThrow

Cole Bowser makes free throw 1 of 2

51-58

13:35

MadeFreeThrow

Cole Bowser makes free throw 2 of 2

52-58

12:40

JumpShot

Alex Karaban makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (Braylon Mullins assists)

52-61

11:40

MadeFreeThrow

Cooper Bowser makes free throw 1 of 2

53-61

11:40

MadeFreeThrow

Cooper Bowser makes free throw 2 of 2

54-61

11:06

JumpShot

Jayden Ross makes 12-foot pullup jump shot

54-63

10:40

MadeFreeThrow

Cooper Bowser makes free throw 1 of 2

55-63

10:17

LayUpShot

Solo Ball makes driving layup (Braylon Mullins assists)

55-65

9:26

JumpShot

Tom House makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ben Vander Wal assists)

58-65

8:57

LayUpShot

Tarris Reed Jr. makes layup (Malachi Smith assists)

58-67

8:07

LayUpShot

Ben Vander Wal makes layup (Cooper Bowser assists)

60-67

8:07

MadeFreeThrow

Ben Vander Wal makes free throw 1 of 1

61-67

6:55

JumpShot

Alex Karaban makes 14-foot floating jump shot (Braylon Mullins assists)

61-69

6:41

JumpShot

Alex Wilkins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Cooper Bowser assists)

64-69

6:25

MadeFreeThrow

Malachi Smith makes free throw 2 of 2

64-70

5:52

MadeFreeThrow

Ben Vander Wal makes free throw 1 of 2

65-70

5:02

DunkShot

Tarris Reed Jr. makes 1-foot dunk (Braylon Mullins assists)

65-72

3:02

MadeFreeThrow

Malachi Smith makes free throw 1 of 2

65-73

2:06

JumpShot

Alex Karaban makes 27-foot three pointer (Jayden Ross assists)

65-76

1:13

MadeFreeThrow

Tarris Reed Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2

65-77

1:13

MadeFreeThrow

Tarris Reed Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2

65-78

1:04

MadeFreeThrow

Tom House makes free throw 1 of 2

66-78

1:04

MadeFreeThrow

Tom House makes free throw 2 of 2

67-78

0:58

MadeFreeThrow

Braylon Mullins makes free throw 1 of 2

67-79

0:58

MadeFreeThrow

Braylon Mullins makes free throw 2 of 2

67-80

0:51

MadeFreeThrow

Alex Wilkins makes free throw 2 of 2

68-80

0:50

MadeFreeThrow

Solo Ball makes free throw 1 of 2

68-81

0:50

MadeFreeThrow

Solo Ball makes free throw 2 of 2

68-82

0:42

MadeFreeThrow

Tom House makes free throw 2 of 2

69-82

0:08

LayUpShot

Alex Wilkins makes driving layup

71-82

Scores shown as FUR-CONN.

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