NO. 2 UCONN AT NO. 8 MARQUETTE

Location: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee

Tip time: 8:30 p.m. (FS1)

Records: UConn 26-3, 16-2; Marquette 22-7, 13-5

Last game: UConn beat Seton Hall, 91-61, Sunday; Marquette lost at Creighton, 89-75, Saturday

Series: UConn leads, 9-8, winning last meeting 81-53 on Feb. 17.

Probable starters: UConn, 6-5 graduate guard Tristen Newton (15.3 pts, 7.1 rebs, 6 assists), 6-4 graduate guard Cam Spencer (14.8 pts, 4.5 rebs), 6-6 fr. guard Stephon Castle (11.3 pts, 4.3 rebs), 6-8 r-so. forward Alex Karaban (13.9 pts, 5.1 rebs), 7-2 so. center Donovan Clingan (12.6 pts, 6.7 rebs, 2.2 blks)

Marquette, 6-3 jr. guard Stevie Mitchell (8.5 pts, 3.8 rebs), 6-5 jr. guard Kam Jones (16.1 pts, 2.5 rebs), 6-5 so. guard Chase Ross (6.5 pts, 3.1 rebs), 6-8 jr. forward David Joplin (11 pts, 3.6 rebs), 6-11 sr. forward Oso Ighodaro (14 pts, 7.3 rebs)

Noteworthy: Huskies are 3-1 versus top-five competition. … UConn shooting to win seven road games in a season for the first time since the 2013-14 national championship team went 7-4. Huskies are 6-3 this season. … Marquette owns the second-best home record in the league at 14-1. Only UConn’s 16-0 is better. … In the first meeting, Clingan (17 pts, 10 rebs), Newton (15). Spencer (14) and Hassan Diarra (14) led the Huskies to a lopsided win. Golden Eagles shot 36.8%. … Top reserve: 6-11 so. forward Ben Gold (4.9 pts, 3.3 rebs). … Hot: Kam Jones is averaging 27 points in the last four games. Cold: Karaban is 4-for-22 from 3-pt land in the last four games. … Clingan has scored in double digits in a career high five straight games. … Newton has back-to-back games with 10 assists. … Spencer 3rd in the nation in 3-pt FG% at 45.0. … In the NCAA NET rankings, UConn resides at No. 3, Marquette No. 14. … Up next: UConn visits Providence at 8 p.m. Saturday.