Huskies Topple Wagner On Monday Night in Storrs - University of Connecticut Athletics

Monday, November 9

Storrs, Conn.

7 p.m.

University of Connecticut

3-0,0-0Big East

Wagner

0-3,0-0NEC

Team	1	2	F
Wagner	18	23	41
UConn	44	39	83

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11/9/2026 11:03:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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STORRS – The No. 4 UConn men's basketball team (3-0) toppled Wagner (0-3) by a score of 83-41 on Monday night at the M&T Bank Center at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion. The Huskies forced 26 turnovers in a stellar defensive effort as Silas Demary Jr. led five in double-figures with a game-high 18 points along with a career-high six steals.

All five UConn starters ended up in double-figures in the wire-to-wire romp. Demary Jr. paced the pack with 18 to go with four rebounds, four assists and six steals, followed atop the scoresheet by Jayden Ross who scored 12 on 5-of-7 shooting. Na'jai Hines narrowly missed his second double-double of the season with 10 points and eight rebounds, adding two steals and two blocks.

Nik Khamenia scored 11 points and hit three 3-pointers in the game's first 10 minutes before suffering an injury that kept him out the rest of the contest. Braylon Mullins rounded out the starting five in double-figures with 10 points and added four rebounds and four assists. For Wagner, AJ Rodriguez posted game-highs of 10 points and seven rebounds.

How it Happened

Khamenia opened the outing with a 3-pointer on the game's first shot and UConn was off to the races, ripping off the contest's first 14 points before Wagner finally got on the scoreboard at 14:58. At 6:48 a Demary Jr. steal led to a run-out lay-in and pushed the lead to 20 for the first time, with UConn going up 30-10.

The Huskies went on to take a 44-18 lead to the half. UConn shot 51.9 percent from the floor and forced 17 turnovers in the opening stanza. Khamenia led all scorers with 11 in the first half and Demary Jr. scored 10.

The second half was more of the same, with the Huskies going up as many as 47 in the 42-point triumph. Jacob Ross scored his first career points with a put-back inside of two minutes and Elmir Džafic tallied his first UConn point in the game's final minute.

Inside The Numbers

The Huskies shot 43.8 percent (28-64) from the field and 30.0 percent (9-30) from three, holding the Seahawks to 33.3 percent (17-51) and 23.5 percent (4-17) marks
UConn finished with 14 steals, its most in a game since matching that mark on Nov. 17, 2021 vs. Long Island
The Huskies turned a +15 turnover margin into a 37-5 edge in points off miscues
UConn won the rebounding battle, 39-33, and converted 22 offensive rebounds into a 23-8 advantage in second chance points
The Husky reserves out-scored the Seahawk bench 22-9
UConn finished with a 14-0 edge in fast break points and a 38-22 advantage in points in the paint
The Huskies dished out 16 assists, led by four apiece from Demary Jr., Mullins and Junior County

News and Notes

UConn improves to 6-1 all-time against Wagner in a series dating back to 1953
Demary Jr. set a new career-high with his six steals
- It marked the most steals for a Husky in a game since R.J. Cole swiped six against Georgetown on Feb. 23, 2021
- It topped his career of five set twice, most recently at Providence on Jan. 7, 2026
Khamenia scored in double-figures for the second time in three games and the eighth time in his career
The Huskies improve to 60-10 in Storrs and 110-19 at home under head coach Dan Hurley
UConn is off to a 3-0 start for the eighth time in nine seasons under Hurley
Nils Machowski hit his first UConn 3-pointer midway through the second half, the 119^th triple of the senior transfer's career
The 41 points allowed by UConn marked the fewest for an opponent since St. John's scored 40 on Feb. 25, 2026
Through three contests UConn is holding opponents to 54.7 points per game on 34.2 percent shooting and is +8.0 in turnover margin