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Huskies hit a Wall as Wildcats squeak out victory at MSG LOGINREGISTERHELPYOU ARE NOT LOGGED IN NHLNBAMLBCFLNFLCurlingTennisGolfSoccerNASCARFormula OneIndyCar NASCAR Canadian Tire SeriesNationwideCamping WorldAuto RacingWorld JuniorsSpengler CupMenS WHCWomenS WHCHockey CanadaAHLBoxingCanada GamesCHLCISECHLFigure SkatingLacrosseMMANCAASkiingSummer SportsWinter SportsMoreOlympicsFantasyDaily LineShowsTSN TalentCommunityMaineotText SizeNew York NY (Sports Network) John Wall scored 12 points in the final 7 12 minutes and his threepoint play with 308 seconds remaining proved to be the difference as No 4 Kentucky stayed unbeaten with an exciting 6461 victory over 14thranked Connecticut at Madison Square GardenThe game which was part of the Big EastSEC Invitational had an NCAA Tournament feel to it and was a comingout party for the freshman Wall who finished with 25 points and six steals in the dramatic win for Kentucky (90) We knew it was going to be a tough matchup They gave us a run for our money said Wall These are the most aggressive guards we played this year Connecticut (62) had several chances to tie the game in the waning seconds but Gavin Edwards missed a threepointer and Kemba Walker couldnt get his rushed heave to fall either I cant really complain about the effort that we gave said Walker We executed on offense and we played defense hard Those guys made some tough shots and at the end of the game they came up with the victory They hit some tough shots We made them work for every shot they made Patrick Patterson ended with 16 points for the Wildcats who were coming off a 6866 victory over nationallyranked North Carolina on Saturday Jerome Dyson and Edwards logged 17 and 16 points respectively in the Huskies second defeat at MSG having lost to Duke in the finals of the NIT Season TipOff on November 27 The game was backandforth throughout and fittingly came down to the closing seconds A pair of Walker free throws pulled the Huskies within 6059 with a little over two minutes remaining and Kentucky turned the ball over on a shot clock violation its next time with the ball After Walker drained a goahead jumper from the left wing Kentucky missed a threepointer but got the rebound The ball eventually found Wall who drove the left side of the lane took a body shot from Alex Oriakhi and managed to get his layup to fall with 308 seconds left Walls free throw yielded a 6361 lead and Walkers shot in the lane as well as Stanley Robinsons tip fell short for UConn With 139 seconds left Kentuckys Ramon Harris hit 1of2 free throws to keep it a onepossession game A near turnover caused a rushed feed to Edwards whose attempt from downtown was well off the mark Walker was able to gather the rebound but was offbalance when attempting his desperate heave that never touched iron Kentucky came out firing on all cylinders in ...