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STORRS, Conn. -- UConn made an effort to get inside against North Florida and ended up with its most lopsided win of the season.Kentan Facey scored a career-high 20 points to lead five Huskies in double figures and UConn beat the Ospreys 80-59 on Sunday.The 6-foot-10 senior added nine rebounds and four of the teams 13 blocked shots as UConn evened its record at 5-5.Christian Vital and Jalen Adams each had 13 for UConn. Rodney Purvis and Amida Brimah added 11 apiece.Adams also had 10 assists and Brimah hit all five of his shots and blocked four of North Floridas.UConn (5-5) dominated the game down low, outscoring the Ospreys 40-10 in the paint.Coach has been emphasizing that we needed to get some more points in the paint, some more touches in the paint so we could play inside-out and I think we did a good job of that tonight, Facey said.Dallas Moore led North Florida (4-10) with 18 points, but had just three after halftime. Garrett Sams added 16 points and for the Ospreys, who were held to 33.3 percent shooting.UConn led by five at halftime. Purvis scored nine points during a 13-3 second-half run that pushed a 55-50 lead to 68-53.The Huskies trailed 7-2 early, before it found the inside game. A baby hook by Steven Enoch gave the Huskies their first lead at 8-7.A steal and driving layup by Vital gave the Huskies their first double-digit lead at 28-17.Moore had been averaging more than 23 points a game. His first basket came almost seven minutes into this one, a 3-pointer from well behind the line. By the end of the half he had four 3-pointers and 15 points and the Huskies led just 41-36.UConn rotated Purvis, Adams and Vital on him in the second half, playing in his face and holding him to a single 3-point field goal.This was the first time that any team was allowed to be that physical with him, said North Florida coach Matthew Driscoll. When the best player on the floor has to deal with that constantly and then make shots over shot-blockers like that and do those things, it wears on you.The Huskies average margin of victory in their previous four wins was 4.5 points, and that included an 11-point victory over Division II Chaminade.Our bigs pretty much dominated the game, said UConn coach Kevin Ollie.BIG PICTUREUConn: The Huskies are holding teams to just over 38 percent shooting for the year and held their three previous opponents to 30.3 percent. Boston University shot 31 percent, Syracuse was held to 26 percent and Ohio State beat the Huskies despite shooting just 34 percent.Facey said the team has made defense its focus, especially after losing two key offensive cogs, guard Alterique Gilbert and forward Terry Larrier to injury for the season.We knew we had to change our mindset to give ourselves a chance to win games, he said.North Florida: The Ospreys have played a tough nonconference schedule. Their losses this year include road games at Auburn, Syracuse, LSU, and Arkansas. They fell to Miami and Florida at home. But Driscoll said he doesnt buy into the theory that playing those teams will help his guys when they face Atlantic Sun opponents.We do this because we have to bring in a large amount of money for our athletic department, he said. That wears on you. Wouldnt you rather play a lesser of a schedule and have more wins and give your guys confidence that way?MORE ON MOOREMoore had scored 30 or more points in in four of his last five outings . Adams said he and the other UConn guards were determined not to let that happen against them.We knew we just had to lock in on him, Adams said. If you can cut the head off the snake then we can more likely get the `W. Mainly, when he got the ball we tried to blitz him and get the ball out of his hands.INJURY UPDATEGilbert underwent surgery on Friday to repair the torn labrum in his left shoulder that he suffered in a win over Loyola Marymount on Nov. 17. The Huskies were also short a coach on Sunday. Assistant Ricky Moore missed the game with flu-like symptoms.UP NEXTUConn: The Huskies host Auburn on Dec. 23 before opening up their American Athletic Conference schedule on Dec. 28 with a home game against Houston.North Florida: The Ospreys visit FIU on Wednesday before their holiday break. The return home to face Ball State on Dec. 29. NFL Jerseys Sale . The 29-year-old Baines has established himself as one of the top attacking full backs in the country and was the subject of two bids from United during the last off-season. 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But the three-run home run, those just kill you. Those are frustrating. The biggest thing is I feel like I let the guys down in here. These guys are fighting. I have to live with that. Thats the most frustrating thing.Eickhoff (10-14) gave up six runs -- three earned -- and five hits in 6 2/3 innings.He made too many bad pitches, manager Pete Mackanin said.Chad Kuhl (4-3) pitched six effective innings in front of more than 100 family and friends from his nearby home state of Delaware. Kuhl (4-3) allowed two runs and four hits, striking out five. He retired the first 12 batters before Tommy Joseph lined a double to right-center in the fifth.Jaso led off the game with his sixth homer. McCutchen drove one out to center in the fourth. Rodriguez connected in the fifth to make it 3-0.Mercers shot increased the Pirates lead to 6-2 in the seventh.That cant happen, Eickhoff said. With two guys on there and Mercer in the box, Ive got to execute. That was a key point in the game. I think if I executed that pitch, it would have been a complete different ballgame.ddddddddddddMcCutchen hit his 23rd homer off Frank Herrmann in the eighth.BUSTING OUTThe Pirates had seven hits and eight runs in the ninth to put the game way out of reach.MINOR SHAKEUPDusty Wathan, who led Double-A Reading to the best record in the Eastern League this season and a second consecutive Eastern Division championship, will manage Philadelphias Triple-A affiliate, Lehigh Valley, in 2017. Wathan replaces Dave Brundage.PROPER GOODBYEPhillies manager Pete Mackanin plans to start Ryan Howard all three games of the season-ending home series vs. the Mets on Sept. 30-Oct. 2. The 2006 NL MVP is the last player remaining from Philadelphias 2008 World Series championship team. The Phillies will exercise a $10 million buyout after the season ends, so Howard is down to his final games in red pinstripes.HEY A.J.Former Pirates and Phillies pitcher A.J. Burnett drove from Maryland to Philadelphia to see two of his former teams. He watched the Pirates take batting practice on the field and chatted with many of his old teammates.UP NEXTPirates: RHP Ryan Vogelsong (3-5, 4.66 ERA) starts the opener of a four-game series at Cincinnati. RHP Robert Stephenson (2-1, 4.43) goes for the Reds.Phillies: LHP Adam Morgan (2-10, 5.73) takes the mound in the start of a three-game series vs. Miami. RHP Tom Koehler (9-11, 3.97) pitches for the Marlins. ' ' '