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Coming off of a poor 17% 3-point shooting effort at Seton Hall<\/a>, the shotmaking was even harder to come by in the nation\u2019s capital as the Huskies went just 21-for-58 (36.2%) from the field and 5-for-26 (19.2%) from beyond the arc. UConn was also outrebounded by six as the game went down to the wire, and eventually won, 64-62, despite a series of misses from the foul line in the final minutes.<\/p>\n Starting the season projected as one of the top offenses in the country by the KenPom metric<\/a>, UConn found itself at No. 36 the day after its clash with the Hoyas.<\/p>\n Shooting 50.3% from the field and 43.4% from 3 over the six games since, UConn\u2019s offense is back to No. 20 nationally ahead of its rematch with Ed Cooley\u2019s squad at Gampel Pavilion Saturday night.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve got five guys averaging between (11 and 14 points), they\u2019re all bunched<\/a>, it\u2019s crazy. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s a team in the country that kind of has that,\u201d coach Dan Hurley said after bouncing back from the St. John\u2019s loss with a win at Butler Wednesday night. \u201cThat\u2019s how our \u201924 team was built \u2013 and I\u2019m not comparing these guys to that team, but that was the type of team we had, like pick your poison. Hopefully we can get somewhere near what that team looked like at the end.\u201d<\/p>\n Solo Ball, who had a game-high 24 points against the Bulldogs, is the Huskies\u2019 leading scorer at 14.5 points per game, followed by Tarris Reed Jr. (14.1), Alex Karaban (13.2), Braylon Mullins (11.9) and Silas Demary Jr. (11.2).<\/p>\n \u201cOver the last couple of games they\u2019ve shot the ball really well from the perimeter,\u201d Cooley told reporters in D.C.<\/a> on Thursday. \u201cTheir ability to make 3s and really open up the game has really opened our eyes, and them getting on the offensive glass. Those are the biggest things I\u2019ve seen since we played them.\u201d<\/p>\n Georgetown has also had a bit of a resurgence lately, winning four of its last five to position itself sixth in the Big East standings. But it still hasn\u2019t beaten any of the top four teams in the league this season.<\/p>\n The Hoyas have two of the league\u2019s best scorers in KJ Lewis (15.1 points per game) and Malik Mack (14.5), who is also sixth in assists at 4.3 per game. The duo scored 12 and 11 points against the Huskies, respectively, both coming on late to force drama in the final minutes after scoring four points each in the first half.<\/p>\n 7-foot-1 center Vincent Iwuchukwu, who missed some time earlier in the season, grabbed 13 of his 14 rebounds in the second half and scored 12 points to record his first double-double of the season. He\u2019s had double-doubles in back-to-back games against Creighton and Villanova as he enters another physical battle with Reed on Saturday.<\/p>\n The Huskies\u2019 captain could stand alone as the winningest player in UConn men\u2019s basketball history with a victory on Saturday night. The program improved to 115-24 with him active, tying the wins record set by Samson Johnson last season.<\/p>\n Johnson, now with the Noblesville Boom, the Indiana Pacers\u2019 G League affiliate, happened to be sitting behind the team\u2019s bench at Hinkle Fieldhouse as it happened.<\/p>\n Karaban is expected to break Jake Voskhul\u2019s record for the most starts in program history with his 136th on Saturday.<\/p>\n UConn will induct one of its best defensive players ever, Hasheem Thabeet, into the Huskies of Honor at halftime. Thabeet, the 2008-09 Big East Player of the Year and two-time NABC Defensive Player of the Year, left Storrs with the second-most blocks in program history and became the No. 2 overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n Thabeet had 1,028 points, 847 rebounds and 417 blocks over three years in Storrs.<\/p>\n Site:<\/strong> Gampel Pavilion, Storrs.<\/p>\n Time:<\/strong> 8 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n Records:<\/strong> No. 6 UConn: 23-2 (13-1 Big East), Georgetown: 13-11 (5-8)<\/p>\n Series:<\/strong> UConn leads, 41-36.<\/p>\n Last meeting: <\/strong>Jan. 17, 2026 \u2013 No. 3 UConn 64, Georgetown 62 at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n TV:<\/strong> NBC Sports Network, Peacock \u2013 John Fanta, Donny Marshall<\/p>\n Radio:<\/strong>\u00a0UConn Sports Network on FOX Sports Radio 97-9 \u2013 Mike Crispino, Wayne Norman<\/p><\/div>\n The UConn men\u2019s basketball team saw its offensive efficiency rating plummet after it visited Georgetown in mid-January. 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