The Day

UCONN AT TULSA

- — Gavin Keefe

Location: Reynolds Center, Tulsa, Okla. Tip-off: 7 p.m. (ESPNews) Records: UConn 7-6, 0-1; Tulsa 9-5, 2-0 Last game: UConn lost to Wichita State, 72-62, Saturday; Tulsa won at Tulane, 65-56, Sunday Probable starters: UConn, 6-2 grad. guard Antwoine Anderson (7.8 pts), 6-3 jr. guard Jalen Adams (18.2 pts, 4.3 rebs, 3.7 assists), 6-8 redshirt jr. forward Terry Larrier (15.7 pts, 5.1 rebs), 6-8 fr. forward Isaiah Whaley (2 pts, 1.9 rebs), 6-9 grad. forward David Onuorah (0.8 pts, 2.8 rebs) Tulsa, 6-1 jr. guard Sterling Taplin (11.9 pts, 3.9 assists), 6-4 sr. guard Corey Henderson, Jr., (7.4 pts), 6-5 so. guard Lawson Korita (2.9 pts), 6-8 so. forward Martins Igbanu (7.1 pts, 4.9 rebs), 6-8 r-sr. forward Junior Etou (17.9 pts, 6.9 rebs) Noteworthy: AAC road opener for Huskies . ... Lost four of five overall. ... Series: UConn leads, 4-3, winning last meeting 75-73 in Storrs. Dropped all three games at Tulsa. ... Golden Hurricane one of three AAC teams off to a 2-0 league start. Picked eighth in league preseason poll . ... Top reserve: 6-4 r-so. guard Curran Scott (7.9 pts). ... Tulsa averaging 21 3-point shots per game . ... Etou, AAC player of the week, averaging 17 points and 10 rebounds in last two games . .... Tulsa defense allowed 62.6 pts in last seven games . ... Magic number: Huskies 7-0 when scoring at least 70 pts . ... Hot: UConn first in FT percentage in AAC at 75.4. Cold: In last five games, Anderson 5-for-24 from field, including missing last 13 shots . ... UConn 0-2 on the road, Tulsa 6-1 at home ... Adams 2nd in AAC in scoring, first in minutes per game (37.6) . ... Huskies last in scoring defense (73 points) and FG percentage (40.0) in AAC . ... Ollie used 11 different starting lineups . ... Up next: UConn hosts East Carolina Saturday in Hartford.

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