Huskies go to the west to face # 24 Creighton Tuesday

On By Littum

Omaha, Neb. And Uconn men’s basketball team (16-7, 8-4 Big East) hits the road for a Tuesday night tilt at No. 24 Creighton (18-6, 11-2 Big East) at the Chi Health Center Omaha. Tip-off is set to at 1 p.m. 21 et / at. 20 at CBS Sports Network with Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas and Evan Washburn on the call.

Huskies come out of a tight setback to the then no. 12 St. John’s Friday night, while Bluejays have won their last nine competitions to hover into the top of the conference level and return to the national polls this week. Connecticut was unchanged in the AP Top 25 this week and fell from No. 19 after the 68-62 battle for Nu-no. 9 SJU. It broke a strip of 52 consequences during the votes for Huskies.

Creighton has managed better than any Uconn opponent since Connecticut returned to the league in 2020-21 and went 8-2 towards Huskies during that time. Bluejays won earlier this season at the Gampel Pavilion and took a 68-63 victory on January 18, which broke a 28-match home-won. Last season, the two pages shared the regular season series, each winning on their home floor. Connecticut has never won in Omaha.

Solo ball Leads Huskies with 15.0 points per Match this season and is top-10 national with a 45.5 percent 3-point percentage. Alex Karaban Do it all with 14.4 points. 5.0 rebounds and 3.1 assists and 1.7 blocks per Match and was recently named the Wooden Award Midseason Watch List. Liam McNeeley returned after an absence of eight games against St. John’s and average 13.9 points and 6.1 rebounds per Match. Tarris Reed Jr. Had a career high 15 rebounds against the red storm and lead the team by 7.1 at night.

Bluejays are in the middle of a winning series of nine games and has risen to an 11-2 start to league games. Fifth year Ryan Kalkbrenner (19.2 PPG, 8.5 RPG, 64 blocks) and Steven Ashworth (16.9 ppg, 6.8 APG) gives Creighton one of the most potent duos in the country, while Jamiya Neal Average 11 , 6 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.

After Tuesday night in Creighton, Huskies are back on the road to visit Seton Hall on Saturday, February 15 in Newark.