Dayton sends No. 2 UConn to third straight loss on Maui

Enoch Cheeks scored eight of his 20 points during a critical stretch late in the second half on Wednesday as Dayton sent two-time defending national champion and second-ranked UConn to an 0-3 finish at the Maui Invitational with an 85-67 romp in the seventh-place game at Lahaina, Hawaii.The Flyers (6-2) went on a 7-0 run, capped when Javon Bennett found Cheeks open in transition for a 3-pointer that extended Dayton’s lead to 69-57 with 4:27 to go.Alex Karaban scored two of his game-high 21 points on the ensuing Huskies possession, but Dayton came right back with Posh Alexander feeding Cheeks on a lob pass.Cheeks was fouled as he dunked home the alley-oop, then completed the three-point play. After a Samson Johnson dunk on the other end, Nate Santos knocked down a 3-pointer, and Cheeks completed his pivotal outburst by sinking a jump shot off one of Alexander’s six assists.The sequence blew the game open, giving the Flyers a win they took losses by two points to No. 12 North Carolina and five points to No. 5 Iowa State during their previous two games in the Maui Invitational.

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