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No. 4 UConn Plays Host To DePaul On Saturday
1/9/2026 2:35:00 PM | Men's Basketball
HARTFORD – The No. 4 UConn men's basketball team (15-1, 5-0 BIG EAST) returns to action on Saturday afternoon when it hosts DePaul (10-6, 2-3 BIG EAST) for a league clash at PeoplesBank Arena. Tip off in downtown Hartford is set for 12:30 p.m. and will air on TNT and truTV with Spero Dedes, Greg Anthony and Jared Greenberg on the call.
Saturday is Jersey Day at PeoplesBank Arena. Fans are encouraged to wear their favorite UConn jersey, an NBA jersey of their favorite Husky alums or any other jersey.
UConn has won its last 11 contests and is off to a 5-0 start in BIG EAST play for the first time since 2001-02. DePaul has won back-to-back conference home games for the first time in four years and visits with a top-50 defensive unit, fresh off tying an NCAA record and allowing only one field goal in the second half of its Tuesday contest. The Huskies have won 21-straight against DePaul and are 22-1 all-time against the Demons after taking the first meeting this season on Dec. 21 in Chicago.
The Huskies were last in action on Wednesday night for one of the more thrilling games in recent memory, tipping Providence on the road by a score of 103-98 in overtime. UConn was down 13 in the second half and trailed by 11 with less than three minutes to play before ripping off a 9-0 run as part of a 15-4 close to regulation to force the extra frame. In overtime, Braylon Mullins scored eight of his game-high 24 points and Silas Demary Jr. put the contest away with a game-sealing bucket with 10.7 seconds to go. Demary Jr. had a monster day for the Huskies with 23 points and a career-high 15 assists, also nabbing five steals to become one of three players in NCAA history to record a 20p-15a-5s line in a game.
Four Huskies scored 20+ against the Friars, a program first, and UConn splashed a program single game record 18 3-pointers in the wild win. Alex Karaban knocked down five 3-pointers and a slew of clutch shots en route to 23 points, while Tarris Reed Jr. scored 16 of his 20 points after halftime and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds. It marked the first time in UCoinn history that four players have scored 20 or more in the same game. Jaylin Stewart played 27 huge minutes off the bench, hitting only one shot but finishing as a team-best +18 with five rebounds and two assists.
Solo Ball scored 10 against PC and leads the Huskies with 15.3 points per game in his junior season. Reed Jr. adds 14.5 points and a team-high 7.7 rebounds, swatting 2.0 blocks per game and shooting 63.1 percent from the floor. Karaban is UConn's do-it-all captain and adds 13.9 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game while slashing 49.4/43.4/88.9. Demary Jr. scores 9.9 points per game and leasds the BIG EAST with 6.3 assists a night, while Mullins has ramped up production on his way back from injury and averages 11.3 points and 3.4 rebounds per game across 10 outings, six starts.
DePaul is coming off back-to-back wins over Xavier and Georgetown and is 1-2 in true road games this season. CJ Gunn leads the Blue Demons with 13.7 points per game, joined in double-figures by Layden Blocker at 11.4 points per game and N.J. Benson with 10.7 and a team-best 7.1 rebounds per contest. DePaul is among the league leaders holding foes to 68.4 points per game and 40.9 percent shooting from the field.
Following Saturday afternoon in Hartford, the Huskies will head to the Garden State to take on Seton Hall in Newark on Tuesday, Jan. 13.
