HARTFORD – The No. 25 UConn men's basketball team (14-6, 6-3 BIG EAST) is back in action on Wednesday night when it welcomes DePaul (10-11, 1-9 BIG EAST) to the XL Center. The Huskies and Blue Demons will conclude their regular season series at 8 p.m. on Peacock with John Fanta and Jordan Cornette on the call.

Wednesday is UConn's Coaches vs. Cancer game. Full details can be found here.

Connecticut has won its last 19 meetings with DePaul and is 20-1 all-time in a series dating back to the 2004 NCAA Tournament and continuing from 2007-13 and 2020-present as league foes. The two sides met earlier this year in Chicago, with UConn going up as many as 22 in the second half of an eventual 81-68 triumph. Solo Ball had a career day for UConn with 22 points and a 7-of-9 effort from 3-point range, while Alex Karaban netted 18 points and grabbed seven rebounds in the New Year's Day matinee.

UConn is coming off a tight setback at Xavier on Saturday night, rallying from down 10 late to pull within a possession in the final minute before ultimately falling 76-72. Ball led the Huskies with 20 points and grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds to post his first career double-double and Aidan Mahaney scored 14 off the bench in the setback. DePaul was last in action on Saturday at Butler, dropping an 86-69 affair.

Karaban leads UConn this season with 15.4 points per game, adding 5.1 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.8 blocks per game to earn a spot on the Wooden Award Midseason 25. Ball adds 14.5 points per game and is shooting 43.6 percent from 3-point range to put him among the nation's leaders. Hassan Diarra is scoring 10.9 points and adds a league-best 7.6 assists per game during conference action, also leading UConn and ranking among the league leaders with 1.6 steals per contest. Samson Johnson (8.2 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 77.9 FG%) and Tarris Reed Jr. (9.4 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 65.8 FG%) hold down the pivot for Connecticut and have helped UConn to rank second in the country with 6.8 blocks per game.

This season DePaul holds a 10-11 overall record and is 1-9 in BIG EAST play. Jacob Meyer (12.6 ppg) and C.J. Gunn (11.7) are the top scorers for the Blue Demons, while N.J. Benson grabs a team-high 5.6 rebounds per game.

Following Wednesday night's contest in Hartford, the Huskies will travel to Milwaukee for a rematch of the 2024 BIG EAST title game and its first meeting of the season with No. 9 Marquette on Saturday night.