Cam Spencer has always been a shooter. At Loyola (MD), he shot 44 percent from three as a freshman. At Rutgers, he hit 43.4 percent of his threes and drilled a buzzer-beater to take down the No. 1 team in the country.
So when the Davidsonville, Maryland native transferred to UConn in the offseason, there was no doubt about what he would be asked to do. Spencer would need to take — and make — a lot of threes to keep the spacing of Dan Hurley’s juggernaut offense intact.
So far, Spencer has been an on-court revelation while also fitting in nicely within the culture of the UConn program.
Currently, Spencer is shooting 49.5 percent from the field, 44.6 percent from three, and 91.7 percent from the free throw line with three games left in the regular season. That puts Spencer in the running for the vaunted 50-40-90 club, a collection of the sport’s most elite sharpshooters. To qualify, players must average 50 percent or better from the floor, over 40 percent from three, and over 90 percent from the charity stripe.
Number 1 ranked UConn is in the last 16 teams in the 2024 NCAA tournament. The next few days will determine if they finish as National Champions.
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