Charlie Villanueva and Denham Brown led Connecticut to a 66-59 victory over the Georgetown Hoyas Saturday afternoon with a combined 37 points, including 16-of-18 from the freethrow line and 17 rebounds. Villanueva would lead the Huskies strong first half attack with 12 points and 8 rebounds, while Denham Brown carried the Huskies through a choppy second half, scoring 13 of his 19 points.

Villanueva would finish the game with 19 points and 13 rebounds after leading the Huskies dominant first half inside attack. Charlie would prove to be a monster around the basket scoring and rebounding, while also playing his best defensive game of the season, as he sparked the Huskies to a 15-4 run to start the game.

Josh Boone and Hilton Armstrong would also make solid first half contributions for UConn in the post as Boone contributed 7 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 assists and Armstrong added 4 points, 4 rebounds, and a blocked shot.

Connecticut finished the first half with a convincing 39-19 lead. Boone, Armstrong, and Villanueva would combine for 23 points and 17 rebounds. The Huskies out-rebounded Georgetown 32-15 in the half while scoring 12 second chance points. UConn's stifling defense would also be a major factor in Connecticut's 20 point halftime lead as the Huskies held Georgetown to 19 points on 25% shooting from the floor.

But to their credit, the Hoyas, coming off a victory over Pittsburgh, never gave in. Georgetown would throw a zone defense at UConn in the second half that would prove to be effective as the Huskies inside game sputtered and their perimeter game continued to be ineffective.

Georgetown clawed back into the game with an 18-4 run, cutting the lead to as few as 6 points after being down 20 points at the half and 22 points early in the second half.

Rashad Anderson's shooting struggles continued and Rudy Gay also struggled to find his offense as the two wing players shot just 2-13 from the floor for 5 points combined, including 1-7 from three point range. But Connecticut would manage to hold off a menacing Georgetown team as the Huskies got a much needed scoring punch from small forward Denham Brown.

Brown would break out of an offensive slump finding ways to score from all over the court against Georgetown's zone, including a driving floater in the lane, two pull-up midrange jumpers, a three-point basket, an emphatic transition dunk, and 8-of-8 freethrows in his most complete game of the season as he finished the game with a season high 19 points.

Brown simply proved to be too much for the Hoyas down the stretch, scoring 12 points over the game's final nine minutes. Denham would account for nearly half of UConn's second half offense scoring 13 of the team's 27 points.

Besides the individual play of Brown and Villanueva, it was rebounding, freethrows, and UConn's first half defense that proved to be the difference in the game as Connecticut bounced back from Wednesday's home loss to Boston College.

Although the Huskies shot only 38% from the floor against Georgetown, they scored 18 second chance points while grabbing 17 offensive rebounds. Connecticut out-rebounded Georgetown by 15 for the game, 47-32, while also holding the Hoyas to 37.5% shooting from the floor.

UConn's dominant inside play would also help the Huskies outscore Georgetown by 13 points at the freethrow line as the Huskies connected on 20-of-26 freethrows while Georgetown converted just 7-of-13 attempts from the charity stripe.

Marcus Williams contributed 11 points for the Huskies to go along with 5 rebounds and 3 assists. Josh Boone scored 8 points and grabbed 6 rebounds while Hilton Armstrong added 4 points and five rebounds to the victory.

UConn freshman forward Rudy Gay, from nearby Baltimore, Maryland, had 60 friends and family attending the game.

The Huskies (9-2 overall, 1-1 in Big East play), will now prepare for an away game at Oklahoma on Monday at 9:00 pm. The game will be televised nationally by ESPN.

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