Nice Osobor scored 12 factors, grabbed six rebounds and had three assists in 18 minutes of taking part in time as Washington wrapped up nonconference motion with a 90-53 rout of NJIT on Sunday afternoon in Seattle.
Zoom Diallo got here off the bench to contribute 12 factors and a game-high 5 assists for the Huskies (9-4), and Wilhelm Breidenbach, who missed Monday’s 79-70 upset loss to Seattle U., added 10 factors and 5 rebounds.
Sebastian Robinson led the Highlanders (2-12) with 16 factors, Tim Moore Jr. scored 14 and Ari Fulton added 11. NJIT, which suffered its third consecutive defeat and dropped to 0-9 on the street, performed with out main scorer Tariq Francis (18.6 ppg) due to an ankle harm.
The Huskies shot 34 of 61 from the sphere (55.7 p.c) and had been 10 of 24 from 3-point vary. NJIT was 19 of 51 (37.3 p.c) and simply 3 of 17 from distance.
Washington compelled 13 turnovers whereas committing simply 5, resulting in a 17-4 edge in factors off miscues. The Huskies additionally had sizable benefits in factors off the bench (47-4), within the paint (42-24) and in fastbreak scoring (17-0).
The Huskies led 46-26 on the half as Osobor, Breidenbach and Mekhi Mason every scored seven factors.
Osobor scored the sport’s first 5 factors and Mason made a 3-pointer to offer the Huskies an 8-2 lead. A jumper by Mason prolonged the result in 26-16 with 8:30 left within the first half.
The Huskies continued to tug away, with Jase Butler capping an 8-0 run with a 3-pointer to make it 42-22 with 2:29 remaining earlier than the intermission.
A 9-0 run gave Washington its first 30-point lead of the day at 60-30 with 15:24 nonetheless to play. The Huskies led by as many as 40 on Luis Kortright’s fastbreak layup on the 7:09 mark.
Mason, Kortright, Christian King and KC Ibekwe all scored 9 factors for Washington.
Washington resumes Huge Ten Convention play Thursday when Maryland makes a visit to the West Coast. The Highlanders have another nonconference recreation earlier than opening America East play Jan. 9.
–Area Degree Media