STORRS, Conn. – Donovan Clingan scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead a balanced attack as No. 3 UConn claimed its first outright Big East regular-season title in 25 years on Sunday with a 91-61 rout of Seton Hall .
Freshman Stephon Castle tied a career-high with 21 points and Tristen Newton had 17 points and 10 assists for the Huskies (26-3, 16-2 Big East), who finished this season undefeated at home (16-0). . Alex Karaban added 13 points.
Dre Davis scored 20 points and Kadary Richmond scored 15 to lead Seton Hall (18-11, 11-7), which remains in fourth place in the Big East with the loss, one game ahead of Villanova, and in the bubble of an NCAA. place in the tournament.
UConn shot 56% from the floor and outscored the Pirates 52-30 in the paint.
Davis scored 12 points in the first 10 minutes and 16 points in the first half for Seton Hall. His three-point play and layup sparked a 7-0 run that gave the Pirates an 18-14 lead.
But UConn responded with a 15-2 run, highlighted by a steal and one of several highlight dunks by Castle.
A floater in Karaban's lane put the Huskies up by 15 points at intermission, and they outscored Seton Hall 47-32 in the second half.
The Huskies previously won all of their regular-season home games in 2005-06, when they went 16-0 in league play. That was the same season in which the program won a share of its most recent Big East regular-season title. They had not won the title since 1999.
