Seton Hall Pirates (16-11, 9-7 Big East) at UConn Huskies (19-7, 8-7 Big East)
Storrs, Connecticut; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Seton Hall visits the No. 20 UConn Huskies after Al-Amir Dawes scored 20 points in Seton Hall's 76-68 victory over the Georgetown Hoyas.
The Huskies are 12-2 in home games. UConn ranks third in the Big East in rebounding averaging 36.2 rebounds. Adama Sanogo paces the Huskies with 7.3 boards.
The Pirates have gone 9-7 against Big East opponents. Seton Hall is fifth in the Big East with 8.9 offensive rebounds per game led by Tyrese Samuel averaging 2.2.
TOP PERFORMERS: Sanogo is averaging 17.2 points and 7.3 rebounds for the Huskies. Jordan Hawkins is averaging 17.0 points over the last 10 games for UConn.
Dawes is shooting 41.0% from beyond the arc with 2.5 made 3-pointers per game for the Pirates, while averaging 12.6 points. Kadary Richmond is shooting 41.9% and averaging 11.5 points over the last 10 games for Seton Hall.
LAST 10 GAMES: Huskies: 5-5, averaging 74.8 points, 36.3 rebounds, 14.9 assists, 5.1 steals and 4.6 blocks per game while shooting 42.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.8 points per game.
Pirates: 7-3, averaging 67.2 points, 30.9 rebounds, 11.8 assists, 10.3 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 42.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.4 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
