East Texas A&M Lions @ UConn Huskies
No. 5 UConn hosts Garcia and East Texas A&M
East Texas A&M Lions (4-3) at UConn Huskies (7-1)
Storrs, Connecticut; Friday, 7:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: East Texas A&M visits No. 5 UConn after Damian Garcia scored 20 points in East Texas A&M's 84-67 win against the Army Black Knights.
The Huskies are 4-1 on their home court. UConn has a 1-0 record in games decided by less than 4 points.
The Lions have gone 1/3 away from home. East Texas A&M leads the Southland with 20.4 assists. Gianni Hunt paces the Lions with 4.7.
UConn averages 8.1 made 3-pointers per game, 1.1 more made shots than the 7.0 per game East Texas A&M gives up. East Texas A&M averages 22.3 more points per game (82.9) than UConn allows to opponents (60.6).
TOP PERFORMERS: Solomon Ball is scoring 14.6 points per game and averaging 3.5 rebounds for the Huskies. Alex Karaban is averaging 13.6 points and 5.8 rebounds while shooting 49.4%.
Vinny Sigona is shooting 45.2% from beyond the arc with 2.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Lions, while averaging 10.3 points. Ronnie Harrison Jr. is averaging 14 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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2025-26 Southland Conference Standings
| Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen F. Austin | 1-0 | - | 6-2 |
| Incarnate Word | 1-0 | - | 5-3 |
| Lamar | 0-0 | 0.5 | 5-2 |
| East Texas A&M | 0-0 | 0.5 | 4-3 |
| Houston Christian | 0-0 | 0.5 | 4-4 |
| SE Louisiana | 0-0 | 0.5 | 3-5 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 0-0 | 0.5 | 2-5 |
| New Orleans | 0-0 | 0.5 | 2-6 |
| Northwestern State | 0-0 | 0.5 | 1-6 |
| Nicholls | 0-0 | 0.5 | 0-7 |
| McNeese | 0-1 | 1 | 6-2 |
| UT Rio Grande Valley | 0-1 | 1 | 2-5 |
2025-26 Big East Conference Standings
| Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seton Hall | 0-0 | - | 8-1 |
| Butler | 0-0 | - | 7-1 |
| UConn | 0-0 | - | 7-1 |
| Villanova | 0-0 | - | 6-1 |
| Georgetown | 0-0 | - | 6-2 |
| Xavier | 0-0 | - | 6-3 |
| Creighton | 0-0 | - | 5-3 |
| DePaul | 0-0 | - | 5-3 |
| St. John's | 0-0 | - | 4-3 |
| Marquette | 0-0 | - | 5-4 |
| Providence | 0-0 | - | 5-4 |
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