The Day

UCONN AT SETON HALL

- — Gavin Keefe

Location: Prudential Center, Newark, N.J.

Tip: 6:30 p.m. (FS1)

Records: UConn 12-6, 9-6; Seton Hall 13-10, 10-7

Last game: UConn beat Marquette, 80-62, Saturday; Seton Hall lost at Butler, 61-52, Feb. 24

Probable starters: UConn, 6-1 r-jr. guard R.J. Cole (12.8 pts, 4.2 assists), 6-5 so. guard James Bouknight (20.5 pts, 5.8 rebs), 6-6 jr. guard Tyrese Martin (11.6 pts, 7.5 rebs), 6-9 sr. forward Isaiah Whaley (7.4 pts, 6.0 rebs, 2.8 blks), 6-9 fr. forward Adama Sanogo (6.2 pts, 4.4 rebs)

Seton Hall, 6-2 sr. guard Shavar Reynolds, Jr. (7.7 pts, 4.3 rebs), 6-6 jr. guard Jared Rhoden (14.6 pts, 6.5 rebs), 6-6 sr. guard Myles Cale (12 pts, 3.7 rebs), 6-11 sr. center Sandro Mamukelash­vili (17.8 pts, 7.1 rebs), 7-2 jr. center Ike Obiagu (4.7 pts, 4.3 rebs, 2.7 blks)

Noteworthy: UConn won four of five, Seton Hall dropped two straight . ... Series: UConn leads, 45-19, losing last meeting 80-73 on Feb. 6 in Storrs. Mamukelash­vili (22) and Cale (20) combined for 42 points. Pirates shot 50 percent and held 28-23 edge in rebounds. Gaffney led the Huskies with 20 pts . ... Top reserve: 6-10 so. forward Tyrese Samuel (5.5 pts, 3.5 rebs) . ... Seton Hall guard Bryce Aiken (knee), who hasn't played since Feb. 6, may return. His parents, Daryl and Diana, are former UConn athletes, competing in track and gymnastics, respective­ly . ... UConn (5.39) and Seton Hall (4.35) 1st and 2nd, respective­ly, in blocks per game in Big East. Whaley 9th in nation at 2.83, Obiagu 10th at 2.74 . ... Mamukelash­vili 2nd in Big East in scoring, eighth in rebounding . ... Hurley 1-2 vs. his alma mater . ... Huskies with a winning road record (5-3) for first time in five years, the most wins since posting six in 2015-16 . ... Hot: Bouknight averaging 20.8 pts, 6.5 rebs in last four games since returning from an elbow injury. Cold: Martin failed to score in double digits in each of last three games, averaging 7.7 pts . ... Up next: UConn hosts Georgetown in Storrs at noon Saturday in its regular-season finale.

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