After the pre-game warm-up, the starting players of both teams came onto the court amidst cheers from the audience.

Marshon Brooks led the Providence College team.

UConn's lineup was their usual one, with Walker and Lamb on the outside, Smith and Plande at the forward positions, and Oriakhi at center.

The two sides jumped for the ball, and Oriakhi tipped it back to UConn's half, giving the home team the first chance to attack.

Walker was double-teamed with the ball in the frontcourt and passed to Lamb, who broke through to the basket and scored, giving UConn the first point.

Unlike the previous teams they had played, Providence College focused entirely on the offensive end, and their defense was relatively weak.

Providence College's offense saw the point guard dribble the ball to the frontcourt and directly pass it to Brooks.

Lamb was defending Brooks, and Lamb was very close to Brooks in size, just slightly lighter in weight.

Brooks didn't say a word, taking the ball and accelerating straight at Lamb.

Lamb retreated while defending, controlling the defensive area very well.

Olander under the basket was ready to help defend at any time.

However, when Brooks broke through to a step inside the free throw line, he made a sudden stop and jump shot.

This time, his body control was excellent, and Lamb was a little slow to react in his retreat.

"Swish!"

Brooks's sudden stop jump shot hit the net steadily.

His shot was very much like Kobe's, and the beautiful posture also drew exclamations from many fans on the sidelines.

Brooks enjoyed this feeling very much, looking at the sidelines with a smile as he retreated.

"Jeremy, get closer!" Ollie shouted from the sidelines to remind him.

UConn's offense saw Walker double-teamed again with the ball in the frontcourt.

Providence College's defensive strategy was very clear: to force the ball out of Walker's hands.

Lamb's breakthrough layup this time failed to score. After Providence College's players grabbed the defensive rebound, they immediately launched a fast break.

Brooks caught the ball in the fast break and shot a three-pointer.

"Swish!"

He made the shot!

Generally speaking, players need time to warm up after entering the court, but Brooks didn't seem to need it at all, scoring repeatedly as soon as he came up.

Ollie couldn't help but spread his hands to Lamb at this time, obviously dissatisfied with his defense.

UConn's offense, Walker continued to be double-teamed, and this time he chose to break through and score a layup.

4 to 5, UConn was 1 point behind.

Providence College's offense, the point guard continued to hand the ball to Brooks in the frontcourt.

"Double-team! Double-team!" Ollie shouted directly at Smith when he saw this.

Smith double-teamed.

After seeing this, Brooks passed the ball back to the point guard, then began to go around his teammates to pick and roll, coming out of the pick and roll with the center at the high post on the right side, catching the ball and shooting.

"Swish!"

Another shot!

There was a commotion in the audience.

This was Brooks's strength, and it was also the biggest difference between him and Walker. He could attack with the ball, or he could play without the ball, and he was strong in every aspect.

UConn's offense saw Walker break through and encounter a double-team, passing the ball to Lamb, whose outside three-pointer failed to hit.

Oriakhi grabbed the offensive rebound and passed it to Walker, whose floater also failed to score.

Providence College grabbed the defensive rebound and launched another fast break.

Brooks caught the ball in the frontcourt, and Lamb followed him this time.

He directly chose to post up.

"Go up! Go up!" Ollie shouted at Smith, who was following up.

Smith's another double-team.

This time, Brooks didn't choose to pass the ball, but turned towards the baseline, shooting against the defense of the two.

This shot was very difficult.

Lamb's jump block almost got there.

But the ball still went through the block.

"Swish!"

The ball still went into the net cleanly.

Brooks made 4 consecutive shots after the opening, scoring 9 consecutive points, getting whatever he wanted!

Whether it was UConn's single defense or double-team, it was completely ineffective!

Calhoun reached out and called a timeout.

When Brooks came off the court, he raised his hand to signal the audience to cheer.

He was treating the away game as his home court!

There was a chorus of boos from the audience.

However, Brooks didn't care, but seemed to enjoy it.

"Tang, get ready to play." Calhoun called Tang Tian at this time.

The reason why he didn't let Tang Tian start was to let Smith and Lamb consume Brooks first, and also to see the latter's condition tonight.

Now it seemed that this choice was not good.

When the timeout returned, Tang Tian replaced Smith.

When the fans at the scene saw Tang Tian on the court, they immediately let out a burst of warm cheers.

After Brooks's dominant performance, they now missed Tang Tian's defense very much.

"Hey, Marshon, your opponent is here." Before entering the court, a Providence College player shouted at Brooks.

Brooks smiled dismissively.

UConn's offense.

Tang Tian gave Walker a pick-and-roll as soon as he reached the frontcourt, not giving Providence College a chance to double-team.

Walker dribbled into the inside, and the player defending Tang Tian didn't dare to directly double-team, and when Walker broke into the restricted area, the inside player came out to help defend, and Walker passed the ball to Oriakhi under the basket, who directly laid up the ball.

This attack was smooth and flowing, and this was a scene that often appeared in UConn's past games. Tang Tian's open three-pointer brought new changes to the team's offense.

"Thump, thump!"

"Defense!"

"Thump, thump!"

"Defense!"

This attack drove the atmosphere at the scene, and the fans began to cheer for the home team under the leadership of the DJ.

Brooks held the ball in the frontcourt and faced Tang Tian.

UConn didn't double-team, letting Tang Tian defend one-on-one.

The fans' eyes were full of expectation.

Now Brooks's touch was hot, and it depended on whether Tang Tian could turn into a refrigerator to cool him down, just like he had treated Thompson before.

Seeing that UConn didn't help defend, Brooks wasn't in a hurry to attack.

"I know they all expect you to be able to defend me." Holding the ball and maintaining a triple threat, Brooks didn't start attacking, but started talking first.

Tang Tian ignored him.

"But they're all wrong. I didn't play well in the first half last time. This time, it won't happen."

After Brooks finished speaking, he directly dribbled the ball past Tang Tian and broke into the inside.

His speed was very fast, comparable to Walker's.

After the team gave him unlimited offensive rights this season, his offensive strength had advanced by leaps and bounds.

However, he was forced to stop after only two steps, because Tang Tian was just as fast as him!

In his surprised eyes, Tang Tian reached out and completely blocked his path!

A burst of cheers suddenly erupted from the audience.

The familiar feeling, the familiar Tang Tian had arrived!

The improvement in physical fitness was definitely not just endurance. Just like what was shown in the suicide shuttle run, Tang Tian's speed, agility, and explosiveness had all been significantly improved.

If it was the previous him, he might not have been able to keep up with Brooks's current speed, but he could now!

Brooks was getting stronger, and he was also getting stronger!