UCONN AT TULSA

Location: Reynolds Center, Tulsa, OK. Tip: 7 p.m. (ESPN2)

Records: UConn 11-10, 2-6; Tulsa 15-6, 7-1

Last game: UConn lost at Memphis, 70-63, Saturday; Tulsa beat No. 23 Wichita State, 54-51, Saturday.

Probable starters: UConn, 6-0 redshirt jr. guard Alterique Gilbert (9.4 pts, 4.5 assists), 6-2 sr. guard Christian Vital (14.3 pts, 6.6 rebs), 6-4 fr. guard James Bouknight (10.3 pts, 3.3 rebs), 6-9 r-fr. forward Akok Akok (6.6 pts, 6.1 rebs, 3 blks), 6-11 jr. center Josh Carlton (8.7 pts, 6.2 rebs)

Tulsa, 6-3 jr. guard Elijah Joiner (7.4 pts, 3.5 assists), 6-5 sr. guard Lawson Korita (5.9 pts), 6-6 jr. forward Brandon Rachal (14.4 pts, 6.4 rebs), 6-7 jr. forward Jeriah Horne (11.8 pts, 5.2 rebs), 7-0 jr. center Emmanuel Ugboh (1.9 pts, 1.9 rebs).

Noteworthy: Huskies 2-7 in last 9 games . ... AAC

leader Golden Hurricane won 7 of 8 . ... Series: UConn trails, 7-4, losing five straight including last meeting, 79-75 (OT) in Hartford on Jan. 26. Tulsa bench accounted for 49 pts. Bouknight led UConn with 16 pts . ... Tulsa 1st in AAC play in scoring defense at 56.1 pts, UConn 10th at 70.9 . ... Top reserve: 6-8 sr. forward Martins Igbanu (10.9 pts, 4.7 rebs). Scored a career-high 28 and had 10 rebs in first meeting. ...Joiner, Igbanu and Rachal won last three AAC player of the week awards . ... Hot: Reserve Isaiah Whaley averaging 8 pts and 6.5 rebs in his last four games. Cold: UConn shooting 38.5% in last five games . ... Huskies 57-59 in AAC action in conference history . ... Vital 3rd in the AAC all-time in steals and (189) and 3-pointers (235) . ... Huskies 3-8 in games decided by 10 pts or less, Golden Hurricane 8-3 . ... UConn 2nd in AAC in free throw percentage at 72.7. ... Injury update: Reserve Sid Wilson (knee) doubtful. ... Up next: UConn hosts Cincinnati on Sunday afternoon (noon) in Storrs.