Furman Paladins vs. UConn Huskies

Mar 20, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
FUR	36	35	71
CONN	40	42	82

Game Recap

Tarris Reed Jr. has 31 points and 27 rebounds as No. 2 UConn beats Furman 82-71 in NCAA Tournament. Tarris Reed Jr. put up monster numbers — 31 points and 27 rebounds, the kind of sensational stat line not seen in the NCAA Tournament in nearly 60 years — that saved UConn from the upset of this March.

Player Stats

FURMAN	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
1Charles Johnston	17	3-4	1-1	3-3	6	0	0	1	1	1	10
21Cooper Bowser	31	3-5	0-0	3-4	5	4	1	2	1	3	9
10Alex Wilkins	35	8-15	4-8	1-3	1	4	1	0	4	4	21
2Eddrin Bronson	19	0-3	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	3	2	0
12Tom House	36	5-13	4-9	7-9	3	0	0	0	0	0	21
4Ben Vander Wal	20	1-1	0-0	2-3	4	5	0	0	1	1	4
6Cole Bowser	17	1-1	0-0	4-4	1	0	0	0	0	3	6
0Abijah Franklin	7	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
3Asa Thomas	18	0-4	0-4	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
TOTAL	-	21-4744.7%	9-2437.5%	20-2676.9%	21	14	3	3	11	15	71

UCONN	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
11Alex Karaban	38	9-16	4-9	0-0	3	3	2	0	2	2	22
5Tarris Reed Jr.	35	12-15	0-0	7-9	27	3	0	0	2	1	31
24Braylon Mullins	37	5-14	0-8	2-2	2	6	3	0	1	2	12
1Solo Ball	25	3-12	1-6	2-2	5	1	0	0	2	2	9
0Malachi Smith	32	1-4	0-1	2-4	1	7	1	1	1	3	4
23Jayden Ross	21	1-3	0-1	0-0	3	2	1	0	0	2	2
12Eric Reibe	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
9Alec Millender	7	1-1	0-0	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2

TOTAL	-	32-6549.2%	5-2520.0%	13-1872.2%	42	22	7	1	8	17	82

Play-by-Play

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1st halfFURCONN

(20:00) Start game.
(19:57) Jump Ball won by UConn.
(19:57) Jump Ball lost by Furman.
+2 (19:46) Alex Karaban makes layup (Malachi Smith assists).
02
(19:28) Tom House misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(19:25) Tarris Reed Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(19:19) Braylon Mullins out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(18:55) Cooper Bowser misses 11-foot hook shot.
(18:51) Tarris Reed Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:45) Solo Ball makes driving layup.
04
(18:28) Alex Wilkins misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(18:24) Tarris Reed Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:07) Tarris Reed Jr. makes driving layup.
06
+2 (17:50) Alex Wilkins makes driving layup.
26
(17:50) Foul on Alex Karaban.
(17:50) Alex Wilkins misses free throw 1 of 1.
(17:50) Tarris Reed Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:33) Tarris Reed Jr. makes layup (Alex Karaban assists).
28
(17:33) Foul on Charles Johnston.
+1 (17:33) Tarris Reed Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1.
29
+2 (17:19) Cooper Bowser makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Alex Wilkins assists).
49
(17:00) Solo Ball misses driving layup.
(17:00) Charles Johnston Block.
(16:56) Charles Johnston Defensive Rebound.
(16:53) Eddrin Bronson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:49) Tarris Reed Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+3 (16:31) Alex Karaban makes 26-foot three point jumper (Malachi Smith assists).
412
(16:14) Eddrin Bronson misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(16:11) Tarris Reed Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(16:00) Alex Karaban misses 30-foot three point jumper.
(15:57) Tarris Reed Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(15:52) Braylon Mullins misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(15:49) Tarris Reed Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(15:47) Malachi Smith misses layup.
(15:47) Cooper Bowser Block.
(15:43) Charles Johnston Defensive Rebound.
+3 (15:42) Alex Wilkins makes 29-foot three pointer.
712
(15:15) Solo Ball misses driving layup.
(15:12) Charles Johnston Defensive Rebound.
+3 (14:56) Alex Wilkins makes 27-foot three pointer.
1012
+2 (14:32) Braylon Mullins makes 10-foot floating jump shot (Malachi Smith assists).
1014
(14:11) Eddrin Bronson traveling turnover.
(13:47) Tarris Reed Jr. traveling turnover.
+3 (13:23) Alex Wilkins makes 27-foot three pointer.
1314
(13:12) Braylon Mullins misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:09) Tarris Reed Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(13:08) Tarris Reed Jr. bad pass turnover.
(13:08) Cooper Bowser Steal.
(12:59) Asa Thomas bad pass turnover.
(12:59) Alex Karaban Steal.
+2 (12:46) Braylon Mullins makes driving layup (Malachi Smith assists).
1316
(12:26) Cooper Bowser misses 5-foot hook shot.
(12:19) Ben Vander Wal Offensive Rebound.
+2 (12:16) Cooper Bowser makes 1-foot dunk (Ben Vander Wal assists).
1516
(12:03) Solo Ball misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(12:00) UConn Offensive Rebound.
(11:51) Solo Ball misses 8-foot jumper.
(11:47) Solo Ball Offensive Rebound.
(11:47) Solo Ball misses layup.
(11:44) Cole Bowser Defensive Rebound.
(11:32) Eddrin Bronson bad pass turnover.
(11:32) Jayden Ross Steal.
+2 (11:30) Alec Millender makes driving layup (Jayden Ross assists).
1518
(11:30) Foul on Eddrin Bronson.
(11:30) Alec Millender misses free throw 1 of 1.
(11:30) Charles Johnston Defensive Rebound.
(11:21) Foul on Alec Millender.
(11:12) Asa Thomas misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(11:09) Solo Ball Defensive Rebound.
(10:59) Jayden Ross misses 18-foot pullup jump shot.
(10:56) Charles Johnston Defensive Rebound.
(10:56) Foul on Eric Reibe.
+2 (10:51) Alex Wilkins makes driving layup.
1718
(10:32) Alex Karaban misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(10:28) Solo Ball Offensive Rebound.
(10:25) Malachi Smith misses 11-foot floating jump shot.
(10:22) Cooper Bowser Defensive Rebound.
(10:05) Foul on Eric Reibe.
+1 (10:05) Charles Johnston makes free throw 1 of 2.
1818
+1 (10:05) Charles Johnston makes free throw 2 of 2.
1918
+2 (9:46) Tarris Reed Jr. makes 8-foot hook shot (Alex Karaban assists).
1920
(9:21) Charles Johnston misses 3-foot hook shot.
(9:17) Braylon Mullins Defensive Rebound.
(9:14) Braylon Mullins misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(9:09) Tarris Reed Jr. Offensive Rebound.
+2 (9:09) Tarris Reed Jr. makes 0-foot tip in layup.
1922
(9:02) Alex Wilkins misses 6-foot jumper.
(9:02) Tarris Reed Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(9:02) Malachi Smith Block.
+2 (8:53) Tarris Reed Jr. makes 7-foot floating jump shot.
1924
(8:34) Alex Wilkins misses 14-foot turnaround jump shot.
(8:30) Tarris Reed Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:11) Tarris Reed Jr. makes layup (Solo Ball assists).
1926
(7:50) Tom House misses 4-foot turnaround jump shot.
(7:47) Tarris Reed Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(7:33) Alex Karaban misses 9-foot turnaround jump shot.
(7:31) Cooper Bowser Defensive Rebound.
+2 (7:15) Tom House makes driving layup (Cooper Bowser assists).
2126
(6:55) Solo Ball misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(6:52) Alex Karaban Offensive Rebound.
(6:47) Braylon Mullins misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(6:44) Alex Wilkins Defensive Rebound.
(6:34) Foul on Solo Ball.
+1 (6:34) Cole Bowser makes free throw 1 of 2.
2226
+1 (6:34) Cole Bowser makes free throw 2 of 2.
2326
(6:22) Solo Ball misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(6:19) Furman Defensive Rebound.
(6:11) Asa Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(6:05) Tarris Reed Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(5:55) Foul on Asa Thomas.
+1 (5:55) Tarris Reed Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2.
2327
(5:55) Tarris Reed Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2.
(5:55) Furman Defensive Rebound.
(5:37) Foul on Solo Ball.
+1 (5:37) Tom House makes free throw 1 of 3.
2427
+1 (5:37) Tom House makes free throw 2 of 3.
2527
(5:37) Tom House misses free throw 3 of 3.
(5:37) Jayden Ross Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:08) Braylon Mullins makes 7-foot floating jump shot.
2529
+3 (4:55) Tom House makes 27-foot three point jumper (Alex Wilkins assists).
2829
+2 (4:23) Tarris Reed Jr. makes 7-foot hook shot.
2831
(4:07) Foul on Alex Wilkins.
(4:07) Alex Wilkins turnover.
(3:49) Braylon Mullins misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(3:46) Alec Millender Offensive Rebound.
+2 (3:40) Alex Karaban makes driving layup.
2833
+3 (3:19) Tom House makes 26-foot three pointer (Ben Vander Wal assists).
3133
+2 (2:58) Braylon Mullins makes 15-foot floating jump shot (Tarris Reed Jr. assists).
3135
+2 (2:37) Alex Wilkins makes driving layup.
3335
(2:14) Foul on Cooper Bowser.
+1 (2:14) Tarris Reed Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2.
3336
(2:14) Tarris Reed Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2.
(2:13) Tom House Defensive Rebound.
(2:00) Cooper Bowser bad pass turnover.
(1:49) Alex Karaban misses 30-foot three point jumper.
(1:46) Tarris Reed Jr. Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:40) Tarris Reed Jr. makes layup.
3338
(1:19) Tom House misses 18-foot step back jumpshot.
(1:15) Tarris Reed Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(0:56) Braylon Mullins misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(0:56) Alex Karaban Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:37) Braylon Mullins makes driving layup.
3340
(0:17) Alex Wilkins bad pass turnover.
(0:17) Braylon Mullins Steal.
(0:09) Braylon Mullins misses 33-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(0:04) Ben Vander Wal Defensive Rebound.
+3 (0:01) Charles Johnston makes 27-foot three pointer.
3640

2nd half

Team Stats

FUR

CONN

71Points82

21-47(44.7%)Field Goal(%)32-65(49.2%)

9-24(37.5%)3-Point(%)5-25(20.0%)

20-26(76.9%)Free Throw(%)13-18(72.2%)

23(4)Rebounds(Offensive)44(18)

14Assists22

3Steals7

3Blocks1

11Turnovers9

15(0)Fouls(Technical)17(0)

1Largest Lead14

Game Details

Friday, March 20, 2026 · 10:31 PM

Xfinity Mobile Arena · Philadelphia, PA

attendance: 19,636 (95.9%)

tv: TBS

spread: CONN -20.5

over/under: 133.5