For anyone wondering, here's why Castle might have won Freshman of the Week. A few snapshots from the St. John's game.
6:30 to go, UC 56-53. Castle reenters game with 4 fouls, zero pts. Drives baseline, fouled, makes 2 FT's.
5:10 to go, UC 59-57. Castle, closely guarded, fakes, hesitates, drives from the key, Makes contested lay-up.
3:35 to go, SJ 63-61. Castle leaps high above rebound scrum for tying tap-in.
3:10 to go, 63-63. Johnson deflects StJ shot, Castle picks ball cleanly out of the air, brings ball up to initiate scoring possession..
1:59 to go UC 65-63: Castle breaks ahead of the field, converts half-court pass into driving lay-up
In all, Castle scored 8 of the 11 UConn points that turned 56-53 lead under seven minutes into 67-63 lead with under two minutes.
In Chess lingo, the headline might read: "White castles, prevails in end game." Or, to put it another way, "Hurley finally wins a close one."