SEATTLE – Connecticut guard A.J. Price wasn’t exactly open. He was trying to draw a foul. When that didn’t happen, he made a tough, off-balance 3-pointer over Gonzaga’s Jeremy Pargo. Price’s clutch shot sent the game into overtime, where the Huskies completed their comeback while the Bulldogs were running short of bodies. No. 2 Connecticut pulled away for an 88-83 victory in the sixth annual Battle in Seattle on Saturday, snatching a win that the eighth-ranked Bulldogs appeared to have in their grasp.
After leading by as many as 12 points, the No. 8 Gonzaga Bulldogs ran into a big problem at Key Arena in Seattle - second-ranked UConn. The Huskies forced overtime this afternnon and held off a Zags squad depleted by fouls to win the Battle in Seattle by a score of 88-83.