NO. 1 UCONN VS. NO. 18 CREIGHTON

Location: Gampel Pavilion, Storrs

Tip time: 7 p.m. (FS1)

Records: UConn 15-2, 5-1; Creighton 13-4, 4-2

Last game: UConn beat Georgetown, 80-67, Sunday; Creighton defeated St. John’s, 66-65, Saturday

Series: UConn trails, 6-1, with all seven meetings decided by single digits.

Probable starters: UConn, 6-5 graduate guard Tristen Newton (148 pts, 6.5 rebs, 6.1 assists), 6-4 graduate guard Cam Spencer (15.6 pts, 4.2 rebs), 6-6 fr. guard Stephon Castle (10.1 pts, 4.7 rebs, 3.8 assists), 6-8 r-so. forward Alex Karaban (15.4 pts, 5.8 rebs), 6-10 jr. center Samson Johnson (6.3 pts, 3.5 rebs)

Creighton, 6-4 jr. guard Trey Alexander (16.3 pts, 6.1 rebs, 4.5 assists), 6-1 sr. guard Steven Ashworth (8.2 pts, 2.8 rebs), 6-7 sr. guard Baylor Scheierman (18 pts, 8.3 rebs, 3.9 assists), 6-9 so. forward Mason Miller (7.3, pts, 4 rebs), 7-1 sr. center Ryan Kalkbrenner (15.9 pts, 7.4 rebs, 2.5 blks)

Noteworthy: UConn won five straight, Creighton four in a row. … Creighton’s Big East wins versus Georgetown, DePaul, Providence and St John’s, losses to Marquette and Villanova. … Huskies own 41-9 record playing as No. 1 team. … Bluejays hit 10.4 3-pointers per game, 11th in the country. They commit the fewest fouls in the nation at 10.8 per game. … Creighton 0-5 all-time vs. No. 1 team. … Top reserve: 6-3 sr. guard Francisco Farabello (4.3 pts, 2.8 rebs). … Hot: Kalkbrenner is averaging 20 pts and 10 rebounds over the last three games. Cold: In Big East action, Newton is shooting 27.9% from the field, 20.6 percent from 3-pt range. … Huskies 3-1 vs. ranked foes this season. … UConn is 9-0 at home, Creighton 4-2 on the road. … Up next: UConn visits Villanova in Philadelphia at 8 p.m. Saturday.