UCONN AT NO. 10 VILLANOVA

Location: Finneran Pavilion, Villanova, Pa.

Tip: 1 p.m. (Fox)

Records: UConn 10-5, 7-5; Villanova 13-3, 8-2

Last game: UConn beat Providence, 73-61, Tuesday; Villanova lost at Creighton, 86-70, last Saturday

Probable starters: UConn, 6-1 r-jr. guard R.J. Cole (12.2 pts, 4.3 assists), 6-5 so. guard James Bouknight (20 pts, 5.1 rebs), 6-6 jr. guard Tyrese Martin (12.5 pts, 7.4 rebs), 6-, 6-9 sr. forward Isaiah Whaley (8.0 pts, 6.4 rebs, 2.9 blks), 6-9 fr. forward Adama Sanogo (6.1 pts, 4.2 rebs)

Villanova, 6-3 sr. guard Collin Gillespie (14.1 pts, 5.1 assists), 6-4 so. guard Justin Moore (13.4 pts, 4.6 rebs), 6-4 r-jr. guard Caleb Daniels (10.9 pts), 6-9 so. forward Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (15.6 pts, 7.3 rebs), 6-7 sr. forward Jermaine Samuels (11.4 pts, 6.4 rebs)

Noteworthy: UConn has won two straight, Villanova 2-2 in last four games . ... Only regular-season meeting between teams. Scheduled game at UConn on Jan. 15 called off for COVID-19 reasons, and not expected

to be made up . ... Series: UConn trails, 36-31, losing last year's road game 61-55. Huskies hurt by 17 turnovers, Wildcats made 11 3-pointers. Samuels had a game-high 19 pts ... UConn last played in Villanova's on-campus arena since Jan. 5, 1995, winning 77-62.

... Villanova's league losses to Creighton, St. John's.

... Top reserve: 6-9 jr. forward Cole Swider (6.3 pts, 3.3 rebs) . ... Wildcats only Big East team with an undefeated home record at 6-0 . ... Huskies 4-2 on the road, already having won more road games than the previous two seasons combined . ... Villanova 3rd overall in Big East in scoring offense (78.6 pts), UConn first in scoring defense at 65.1 . ... Stat to watch: 3-pt. Shooting. Wildcats top Big East team shooting behind the arc at 38.2 percent, averaging a league-best 10.2 3-pointers per game . ... Hot: Sr. Tyler Polley is shooting a team-best 87.5 percent from foul line. Cold: Sanogo averaging three points in last two games . ... Martin has scored in double figures a team-high nine straight games . ... Five regular-season games remaining before Big East tournament . ... Up next: UConn plays at Georgetown at 9 p.m. on Tuesday.