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Jessica vu4/3/2023 ![]() "What, 12 dimes?," teammate Nahiem Alleyne asked, rhetorically. Newton finished with 12 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high 12 assists. "(My teammates) were going crazy, making shots, boxing out, getting rebounds. When told that he had joined Shabazz Napier as the only UConn player with two career triple-doubles, Newton was again magnanimous with his praise. (Alex Karaban) boxed his dude out, so credit to him that I got that rebound," the modest Newton reported. ![]() And with 3:42 left to play, he grabbed a defensive rebound to become the first UConn player ever to notch two triple-doubles within the same season. Nearly three months later, again at XL Center, Newton was one rebound shy of a triple-double as the 21st-ranked Huskies' eventual 87-72 throttling of 10th-ranked Marquette started winding to a close.ĭuring a timeout, Newton was told he needed one more board. 15, when the senior transfer from East Carolina knew he needed one more board and eventually corralled one late in a 20-point win over Buffalo. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) Jessica Hill/Associated Press Show More Show Less UConn's Nahiem Alleyne makes a basket after being fouled by Marquette's David Joplin, left, in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Feb. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) Jessica Hill/Associated Press Show More Show Less 14 of15 ![]() UConn's Jordan Hawkins (24) blocks a shot by Marquette's Tyler Kolek (11) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Feb. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) Jessica Hill/Associated Press Show More Show Less 13 of15 UConn's Tristen Newton (2) goes up for a basket between Marquette's Oso Ighodaro (13) and Marquette's Olivier-Maxence Prosper (12) in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Feb. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) Jessica Hill/Associated Press Show More Show Less 12 of15 (44) dribbles as Marquette's Kam Jones (1) defends in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Feb. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) Jessica Hill/Associated Press Show More Show Less 9 of15 ![]() Marquette's Chase Ross (5) blocks a shot by UConn's Joey Calcaterra (3) in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Feb. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) Jessica Hill/Associated Press Show More Show Less 8 of15 UConn's Tristen Newton (2) shoots over Marquette's Chase Ross (5) in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Feb. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) Jessica Hill/Associated Press Show More Show Less 7 of15 ![]()
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