DEPAUL AT NO. 14 UCONN
Location: XL Center, Hartford
Tip: 7 p.m. (CBS Sports Network)
Records: UConn 22-7, 11-7; DePaul 9-20, 3-15
Last game: UConn won at St. John’s, 95-86, Saturday; DePaul lost at Marquette, 90-84, Saturday
Probable starters: UConn, 6-5 sr. guard Tristen Newton (10 pts, 4.2 rebs, 4.4 assists), 6-6 jr. guard Andre Jackson (6.5 pts, 6.3 rebs, 4.1 assists), 6-5 so. guard Jordan Hawkins (16.6 pts, 4 rebs), 6-8 r-fr. forward Alex Karaban (9.4 pts, 4.3 rebs), 6-9 jr. forward Adama Sanogo (16.9 pts, 7.2 rebs)
DePaul, 6-0 jr. guard Jalen Terry (5.1 pts, 3 rebs), 6-1 grad guard Umoja Gibson (16.6 pts, 2.8 rebs), 6-6 grad forward Javan Johnson (14.3 pts, 4.6 rebs), 6-6 grad forward Eral Penn (8.8 pts, 7.2 rebs), 6-11 sr. center Nick Ongenda (9.8 pts, 8.5 rebs)
Noteworthy: With a win, UConn will match its most overall victories under Hurley, who’s in his 5th season. Huskies went 23-10 last year. … Series: UConn leads the series, 16-1, winning
15 straight including 90-76 on Jan. 31 in Chicago. Hawkins had 26 pts, Sanogo 25 and Newton 21. Huskies shot 50.9 percent and scored 42 points in the paint. Johnson led the Blue Demons with 19 pts. … Top reserve: 6-8 jr. forward Da’Sean Nelson (10.5 pts, 5.1 rebs). … Last four games, Ongenda averaged 10 pts, 8.5 rebs and six blocks. … Blue Demons reside in 10th place in BE. … DePaul’s Big East wins came vs. Xavier, Villanova and Georgetown. … In Big East play, UConn averages 75.2 pts and allows 69.4, DePaul averages 70.3 pts, allows 78.3. … Huskies first in Big East games in rebounding margin at 8.1. … Gibson ranks first in Big East in made 3-pters per game (3.2) and 3-pt FG percentage (44.6). … Hot: Jackson’s 34 points vs. St. John’s, PC and Seton Hall represent the most in a threegame span in his career. Cold: UConn allowed a season-high for points vs. St. John’s. … Top three scorers in Big East play: Hawkins (17.7) PC’s Bryce Hopkins (17.4) and DePaul’s Gibson (17.1). … UConn is 14-2 at home, needing a win to match its most in a season since 15-3 in 2013-14. … Up next: UConn visits Villanova Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in Philadelphia in the regular season finale.