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No. 4 Huskies Cruise Past DePaul For 12th-Straight
1/10/2026 4:11:00 PM | Men's Basketball
HARTFORD – The No. 4 UConn men's basketball team (16-1, 6-0 BIG EAST) won its 12th-straight with a wire-to-wire 72-60 win over DePaul (10-7, 2-4 BIG EAST) on Saturday afternoon at PeoplesBank Arena. With the win the Huskies are 6-0 in BIG EAST play for the first time in 24 seasons, have won 24-straight games in Hartford and have won 22-in-a-row against DePaul.
The Huskies jumped out to an early lead and never relented, going to the half up 10 and building the lead to as many as 23 late in the second half. Braylon Mullins led all scorers with 16 points along with a game-high seven rebounds, three assists, three steals and two blocks. Alex Karaban added 15 points and five boards on 5-of-10 shooting from the floor and a 2-of-4 effort from three, also nabbing a pair of steals and finishing a game-best +26. Silas Demary Jr. was the third Husky in double-figures with 14 points and dished out a game-high four assists with three rebounds and three assists.
Connecticut finished the day shooting 50.0 percent from the floor and 40.0 percent from 3-point range while out-rebounding the Blue Demons by five. Tarris Reed Jr. scored eight points and grabbed five rebounds with three assists, one of seven Huskies to shot 50 percent or better in the win. For DePaul, Layden Blocker scored 16 points with five rebounds and Brandon Maclin (12) and C.J. Gunn (11) also finished in double-digits.
How it Happened
The Huskies opened the aggressor and took a 10-3 lead ahead of the first media timeout by way of a Mullins four-point play. Later in the frame a Karaban 3-pointer, Reed Jr. bucket inside and a trio of free throws from Jayden Ross stretched the lead to double-figures for the first time, as UConn went up 21-11 with 8:33 to play in the opening stanza.
At 4:14 of the first the Blue Demons pulled within four at 25-21. Demary Jr. answered with back-to-back buckets to push the UConn lead back to multiple possessions, then ended the half with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to give UConn a 37-27 halftime advantage. Demary Jr., Karaban and Mullins all had nine points in the opening 20.
The Huskies scored seven of the first eight points of the second half and triggered a DePaul timeout at 17:17 after a Reed Jr. put-back pushed the lead to 44-28, largest of the day. Midway through the period the Huskies took their first 20-point lead after two buckets from Eric Reibe to go ahead 56-36 with 9:40 to play.
A troika of 3-pointers from Demary Jr., Mullins and Karaban over a two-minute span helped keep the Blue Demons at bay, with the last from Karaban giving the Huskies a 69-46 lead for their largest of the night with 5:00 to play. From there the Huskies went to the bench, with DePaul closing regulation on an 11-1 run to force the score to its final margin of 12.
Inside The Numbers
- UConn shot 25-of-50 (50.0 percent) from the field, 6-of-15 (40.0 percent) from downtown and 16-of-19 (84.2 percent) from the free throw line
- Conversely, DePaul finished at 22-of-47 (46.8) from the floor, 4-of-13 (30.8) from three and 12-of-17 (70.6) from the line
- The Huskies finished with a 30-25 edge on the glass
- UConn was +1 in turnover margin but turned 15 DePaul miscues into a 20-9 edge in points off turnovers
- The Huskies out-scored the Blue Demons 38-28 in the paint
News and Notes
- UConn improves to 23-1 all-time against DePaul and has won 22-straight in the series
- The Huskies are 9-1 at home this season and 5-0 at PeoplesBank Arena
- Connecticut has won its last 24 contests in Hartford dating back to Jan. 2023
- After starting his UConn career 3-of-15 (20.0 percent) from 3-point range, Demary Jr. is 11-of-17 (64.7) in five games since Dec. 21
- With his two 3-pointers Karaban climbed to 250 career 3-triples, 10 behind Shabazz Napier (260) for third in UConn history
- Karaban now has 1,591 career points, one behind Earl Kelley (1,592, 19th) and 12 behind Jeff Adrien (1,603, 18th) on the UConn all-time scoring list
- The start for Karaban was the 127th of his career, breaking a tie with Kevin Freeman (126) to move into sole possession of third-most in UConn history
- In six league games the Huskies are shooting a BIG EAST-best 40.1 percent from 3-point range
- Connecticut's winning margin in BIG EAST play is +15.5
Up Next
The Huskies are back at it on Tuesday night with a trip to Newark, N.J. to take on Seton Hall at the Prudential Center.
