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#3 UConn, #7 BYU Set For Top-10 Battle in Boston
11/13/2025 11:38:00 AM | Men's Basketball
BOSTON – The No. 3 UConn men's basketball team (3-0) gears up for its stiffest test of the young season and the beginning of a grueling non-conference stretch on Saturday night in Boston. The Huskies will take on No. 7 BYU in the Amica Insurance Hall of Fame Series Boston at the TD Garden. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. on FOX with Brandon Gaudin and Bill Raftery calling the action.
The top-10 showdown on Saturday night is the first of six games for the Huskies over the next 27 days against teams ranked in the top-40 of the current Kenpom overall rankings. It marks the second all-time meeting between UConn and BYU. The first came in the 2003 NCAA Tournament First Round, a 58-53 win for Connecticut. UConn is playing in the Hall of Fame Series for the second-straight year after taking down Gonzaga in a top-10 showdown at MSG on Dec. 14, 2024.
UConn is coming off a 27-point win over Columbia on Monday night at Gampel. The Huskies built a huge first half lead and cruised in the second half, never allowing CU to creep closer than 19 in the second stanza. Solo Ball led all players with 23 points, while Alex Karaban had 20 points and six rebounds and Tarris Reed Jr. scored 19 with eight caroms. Connecticut has cruised to its 3-0 start at home, topping New Haven, UMass Lowell and CU by 38.0 points per game.
Reed Jr. leads the Huskies with 19.5 points and 10.0 rebounds this season, coming in 21.0 minutes across his first two games. Ball scores 18.3 points per game and Karaban adds 17.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.7 assists. Silas Demary Jr. is the fourth Husky averaging double-figures at 10.3 points per game along with a BIG EAST-leading 6.0 assists per night. Connecticut is scoring 92.7 points per game and shooting 55.6 percent from the floor, ranking as the No. 3 offense in Kenpom offensive efficiency.
BYU also enters the weekend with a perfect 3-0 record, notching wins over Villanova, Holy Cross and Delaware. Veteran Richie Saunders leads the Cougars with 20.3 points per game and is shooting 47.4 percent from 3-point range, adding a team-high 7.0 rebounds per contest. Freshman phenom AJ Dybantsa adds 18.7 points and 7.0 rebounds while shooting 57.5 percent from the floor, and Robert Wright III scores 18.3 a night with a team-high 4.3 assists per game. The Cougars are No. 7 in the AP Top-25 and have the No. 7 offensive efficiency in the Kenpom rankings, checking in at No. 18 overall.
Following the showdown with BYU the Huskies turn around quick for another staunch test, hosting No. 5 Arizona at Gampel Pavilion on Wednesday, Nov. 19.
