Overview
- Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. EST in Storrs with UConn entering at 7-1 and East Texas A&M at 4-3.
- UConn comes in off marquee nonconference wins over then-No. 13 Illinois and Kansas.
- Freshman Braylon Mullins returned from a six-week absence and scored 17 points in 23 minutes at Kansas, drawing praise from coach Dan Hurley.
- Center Tarris Reed is out again with a recurring ankle injury and remains day-to-day, according to Hurley.
- East Texas A&M leads the Southland with 20.4 assists and averages 82.9 points per game, while UConn is allowing 60.6 points and averaging 8.1 made threes.