CHICAGO – The No. 1 UConn men's basketball team (23-2, 13-1 BIG EAST) won its 13^th in a row with a 101-65 rout over DePaul (3-21, 0-13 BIG EAST) on Wednesday night at Wintrust Arena. Six Huskies finished in double-figures in the romp, including all five starters.

UConn's 13-game conference winning streak is the longest for a BIG EAST team in league play in nearly 20 years, second only to another Husky streak of 14-straight in the 1995-96 season.

Alex Karaban (Southborough, Mass.) led a balanced Husky attack with 21 points, one of six to finish in double-figures on the day. Stephon Castle (Covington, Ga.) added 15 points and six assists, while Cam Spencer (Davidsonville, Md.) went for 14 points with five rebounds and five assists. Also atop the scoresheet were Jaylin Stewart (Seattle, Wash.) with a career-high 11 points and Donovan Clingan (Bristol, Conn.) and Tristen Newton (El Paso, Texas) each with 10.

How it Happened

After a quiet start, UConn rattled off a 9-0 spurt that pushed its early advantage to 22-7 and forced a DePaul timeout with 11:46 to go in the first half. Later in the frame, a Hassan Diarra (Queens, N.Y.) steal and score pushed the lead to 20 and forced another DPU timeout with the Huskies up 40-20 and 5:23 to go in the half.

Connecticut would take a 52-29 lead into the break, getting 12 points from Karaban and shooting 54.8 percent in the opening stanza. The second half started with more of the same, as a 7-0 run for the Huskies early in the frame gave them their largest lead at 66-37 before a timeout on the floor with 15:32 to play.

Back-to-back 3-pointers from Karaban stretched the lead to 72-39 barely a minute later and forced a DePaul timeout. From there the Huskies continued to assert themselves, pushing the lead to as many as 39 in the second stanza of the 36-point victory.

Inside The Numbers

• The Huskies shot 56.3 percent from the floor and 46.4 percent from 3-point range, compared to 40.7 and 30.0 percent marks for DePaul
• UConn finished with a 41-25 edge on the glass, led by eight rebounds from Newton
• Connecticut was +5 in turnover margin and out-scored DePaul 25-9 off turnovers
• UConn finished with 22 assists on 36 field goals, getting a team-high six from Castle
• The Huskies turned 15 offensive rebounds into a 20-9 edge in second chance points

News and Notes

• UConn improves to 19-1 all-time against DePaul and has won 18-straight in the series
• The Huskies eclipsed the 100-point mark for the third time this season
• Karaban has scored 20-plus in back-to-back games and has done so a team-high seven times this season
• All five starters scored in double-figures for the fourth time this season
• The Huskies finished with six in double-digits for the first time in 2023-24
• UConn recorded 20 or more assists for the 10^th time this season
• Clingan has blocked a shot in all 20 games he has appeared in this season and has multiple swats in 15 of those contests
• The five blocks for Clingan tied his career-high, now achieved three times
• Stewart became the ninth different Husky this season with a double-figure scoring game
• Dan Hurley is now 50-20 in BIG EAST games as the UConn head coach 

Up Next

The Huskies return home for a top-five showdown in Hartford on Saturday, welcoming No. 4 Marquette to the XL Center. Tip-off is set for 3 p.m. on FOX.