University of Connecticut Athletics
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University of Tulsa
Men’s Basketball Set to Face Tulsa
1/15/2019 12:17:00 PM | Men's Basketball
STORRS, Conn. – Continuing its brief two-game road stint, the UConn men's basketball team (10-7, 1-3) heads to the Midwest for a conference matchup against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane on Wednesday, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast on ESPNews.
How to Follow…
TV: ESPNews
Live Stream: at Tulsa
Live Stats: at Tulsa
Audio: at Tulsa
Twitter: @UConnMBB
Opponent and Series History…
- Tulsa leads the all-time series by a narrow margin, 5-4. UConn has not recorded a victory at The Reynolds Center, going 0-4 in the building since Tulsa joined the conference in 2014-15.
- Tulsa (11-6, 1-3) is coming off a 77-57 loss at SMU on Saturday.
- The Golden Hurricane is led in scoring by senior DaQuan Jeffries (13.4) and junior Martins Igbanu (12.2) and Igbanu (5.6) and Jeffries (5.5) also lead the team in rebounding. Senior Sterling Taplin tops the team in assists (4.7).
- Tulsa is 9-1 at home this season.
Last Time Out…
Leading the Pack…
Coach Dan Hurley enters his first season at the helm after he became the 19th head coach in the history of UConn men's basketball on March 22, 2018. Prior to his hiring, Hurley spent two seasons at Wagner College and six at the University of Rhode Island, and owns a collegiate coaching record of 153- 105 (.593). He is coming off two consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and last season was named the Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year.
Next Up…
UConn is back home for its next two AAC games, starting with a contest against Tulane on Saturday, Jan. 19, at Gampel Pavilion. The game is scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. tipoff and will be televised on the CBS Sports Network.
