University of Connecticut
Wagner
11/7/2026 9:30:00โฏPM | Men's Basketball
STORRS โย The No. 4 UConn men's basketball team (2-0) is back in action on Monday night when it welcomes Wagner (0-2) to the M&T Bank center at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion. Tip off with the Seahawks is set for 7:00 PM and the contest will air on truTV and HBO Max with Brendan Glasheen Jim Spanarkel and Andy Katz on the call.
Monday night is UConn's Huskies and Heroes Game. The Huskies will honor those who protect our freedoms and have given the ultimate sacrifice throughout the contest.ย
UConn is coming off a top-20 win in its first marquee non-conference test on Friday night, defeating No. 16 Michigan by a score of 85-77 in the Hall of Fame Series Boston at the TD Garden. It was UConn's fourth-straight win since 2024ย atย the TD Garden. Braylon Mullinsย (23) andย Silas Demary Jr.ย (21) combined for 44 points to power the victory, joined in double-figures byย Colben Landrewย who scored 14 and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds in 23 minutes as a reserve.ย Demary Jr.ย added seven boards, a game-high four assists and two steals without a turnover in a game-high 36 minutes, earning MVP honors of the Hall of Fame Series Boston for the second-straight year. As a team the Huskies held the Wolverines to 25.0 percent shooting from three and forced 14 turnovers.ย
The Huskies are off to a 2-0 start for the eighth time in nine years under head coachย Dan Hurley. Mullinsย has led the way through two contests with 21.5 points per game, shooting 41.2 percent from three and knocking down 3.5 triples per game.ย Demary Jr.ย is averaging 13.0 points. 7.5 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game whileย Landrewย (12.5 ppg, 6.5 rpg) andย Nik Khameniaย (10.5, 4.0 rpg) give the Huskies four averaging double-figures.ย Na'jai Hinesย has added 9.5 points per game and is second on the squad with 7.0 rebounds per contest.ย
UConn has met Wagner six times in a series dating back to 1953, winning the first five before a Seahawk upset early in the 2016-17 season. UConn's wins in the series came in a home-and-home played in 1953 and 1954, with additional triumphs in 1998, 2002 and 2011. Each of the last three meetings came on campus in Storrs.ย
Hurley's first collegiate coaching job came at Wagner, guiding the Seahawks from 2010-12. Taking over a program coming off a 5-26 season,ย Hurleyย went 13-17 in his first season before a 25-6 campaign in his second and final season in Staten Island in 2011-12.ย Hurleyย was the Wagner coach during UConn's last win in the series, coming on Nov. 14, 2011. It was the lone time in his career he coached against UConn, and Monday night will mark his first game coaching against Wagner.
The Seahawks are off to an 0-2 start to the year with setbacks at Boston College and Miami. Kareem Watson leads Wagner with 11.0 points per game, joined in double-figures by Cam Estevez averaging 10.0 a contest. Former UConn big man Youssouf Singare has started both contests for the Seahwaks and averaged 3.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game.ย
Following Monday night's campus contest, the Huskies will host Ohio State on Friday night at PeoplesBank Arena for another marquee non-conference clash.ย
