The fans in the stadium were stunned.

Brooks' shot was beautiful, but Tang Tian's defense was even better.

One big block, it made them all wet!

After the block, Tang Tian glanced at Brooks coldly.

It wasn't that he wouldn't respond to the provocation, but he was looking for an opportunity, and now was the best time!

Seeing Tang Tian's reaction, the cheers at the scene instantly erupted.

Tang Tian was really tough!

This block fully ignited the atmosphere, and cheers for the defense swept through the arena.

Providence College inbounded the ball from the sideline, and UConn's defensive intensity went up, and the point guard didn't even have a chance to pass the ball to Brooks.

In the end, Providence College was directly called for a 35-second offensive violation!

They hadn't scored on four consecutive possessions!

Tang Tian lived up to expectations, holding down Brooks just like he held down Thompson before, and UConn completely took control of the game.

At the end of the first half, they completely suppressed their opponents with a score of 46 to 31.

Marshon Brooks felt completely out of sorts under Tang Tian's defense, making only 5 of 15 shots in the first half for 11 points, including the four consecutive shots he made when Tang Tian didn't play at the beginning of the game.

Looking at the entire first half, Tang Tian's defense could actually rank in the top three in the NCAA right now, on par with Butler and Leonard, but Providence College played like this, and it had a lot to do with Brooks.

Brooks is nicknamed "Little Kobe", and his playing style is very Kobe-like, but his shot selection is even worse than Kobe's.

During the 15-minute halftime break, both teams returned to the locker room to rest.

"Marshon, stay confident, his stamina will not keep up in the second half, you can regain your form like last time, understand?" In the locker room of Providence College, the head coach encouraged Brooks.

Brooks nodded. He performed poorly in the first half, but the head coach didn't blame him, and he needed to prove himself with a better performance.

"Tang will start at the small forward position in the second half." In UConn's locker room, Calhoun adjusted the starting lineup for the second half from the start.

Tang nodded after hearing that, feeling pretty good.

He had been with the team for more than four months, and he had finally squeezed into the starting lineup.

After a 15-minute break, the starting players of both sides entered the court one after another.

When they saw Tang Tian starting, there was a burst of cheers at the scene.

Brooks scored four consecutive goals at the beginning of the first half, directly calling a timeout for UConn, and if Tang Tian started, he would no longer have such an opportunity.

Providence College attacked first in the second half.

Brooks was backing against Tang Tian at the top of the arc, turned around after receiving the ball, but did not launch an attack immediately.

Providence College's high post double screen, Brooks went to the right, and after taking a step, took a mid-range fadeaway over Olander.

"Swish!"

Brooks scored two points.

There was a burst of cheers from the Providence College bench, and Brooks' scoring, which had been interrupted for most of the half, finally continued.

"Pay attention to the help defense, don't give him room to shoot." Calhoun stood up from the bench at this time and reminded the players.

Providence College made adjustments in the second half.

In the first half, Brooks went one-on-one against Tang Tian, ​​but the efficiency was very low. Now they admitted that Brooks couldn't beat Tang Tian one-on-one, and changed to using mismatches.

This was a very simple adjustment, but it worked well, after all, Tang Tian was UConn's only strong defensive point.

In UConn's offense, Walker hit a stop-jump shot after Tang Tian's screen, returning the favor.

His scoring ability was not much worse than Brooks'.

In Providence College's offense, the same tactic, Tang Tian bypassed the first screen, but a new screen came immediately, and the moment the screen formed, Brooks shot directly.

"Bang!"

Although the ball didn't go in, the tactical intention had been achieved.

There was a commotion at the scene.

Although it was only two rounds, Providence College seemed to have found a solution. If they continued to play like this, the outcome of the game was still in suspense.

Calhoun also rested his chin and pondered at this time.

It was still the regular season stage. If it was the tournament, as the opponents' strength became stronger, there would be more and more of this kind of targeting.

If they wanted to go further in the tournament, this team still had a long way to go.

In UConn's offense, Lamb failed to seize the opportunity for a three-pointer. Providence College protected the defensive rebound and directly launched a fast break.

Tang Tian kept close to Brooks at this time. Brooks didn't rush to attack when he saw no good opportunity. After seeing his teammates come up, he waited for a screen before preparing to dribble and attack.

But this time he suddenly found that he had no space to start dribbling.

Tang Tian, ​​defended him directly!

Brooks felt very uncomfortable being closely guarded, and only had room to dribble after turning his back.

But as soon as he started dribbling, Tang Tian directly changed from close defense to pressing, constantly trying to steal the ball from his hand.

Under high pressure, Brooks' dribbling seemed a little staggering.

After seeing this, the Providence College players directly pulled out to the three-point line to screen, but Tang Tian was pressing too tightly, and there was no room for a screen at all.

Brooks dribbled the ball for seven or eight seconds, but he couldn't get rid of Tang Tian.

The two were like glued together!

Finally, when he was forced to do nothing, he forcibly broke through to the free throw line and made an emergency stop shot, which was a complete air ball under Tang Tian's interference.

There was a burst of cheers at the scene.

The change seemed to happen in an instant!

Calhoun was stunned at this time.

The problem he was worried about before seemed to be solved all of a sudden?

Tang Tian solved it himself?

But thinking about it, it seemed to be really solved.

Providence College used screens to switch defenses, creating mismatch opportunities for Brooks and reducing the defensive pressure when he shoots. In Calhoun's subconscious, to crack this trick, he must increase the speed of switching defenses, not give Brooks an easy chance to shoot, and then try to switch Tang Tian back.

But there was actually a simpler way, if the other party wants to screen and switch defenses, just don't let him switch!

But this was theoretically difficult to succeed, because the side that initiates the screen and switch defense has the initiative. No matter how you dodge, you can't dodge it. Just like Tang Tian before, he dodged one but couldn't dodge the second and third.

But now Tang Tian's thinking has changed, he directly sticks to you, completely not giving you room for a screen!

Without space, how can you screen? You can't squeeze directly between two people!

This was the most brutal way to crack it, but only Tang Tian, ​​ordinary people simply couldn't press so tightly, and Brooks could never get rid of him!

After understanding this, Calhoun couldn't help laughing.

This Tang Tian really automatically solved his problems for him.