UCONN VS. EAST CAROLINA

Location: XL Center, Hartford Tip: Noon (ESPNews) Records: UConn 7-7, 0-2, East Carolina 7-7, 1-2

Last game: UConn lost at Tulsa, 90-88 (2OTs), Wednesday; East Carolina won at USF, 67-65, Wednesday

Probable starters: UConn, 6-3 jr. guard Jalen Adams (19 pts, 5 rebs, 4.1 assists), 6-2 so. guard Christian Vital (13.5 pts), 6-8 redshirt jr. forward Terry Larrier (15.9 pts, 5.3 rebs), 6-8 fr. forward Isaiah Whaley (2.5 pts, 2.3 rebs), 6-9 fr. center Josh Carlton (2.6 pts, 2.9 rebs)

East Carolina, 6-3 sr. guard B.J. Tyson (15.4 pts, 4.7 rebs), 6-3 jr. guard Isaac Fleming (13.2 pts, 4.7 assists), 6-5 jr. forward Kentrell Barkley (12.3 pts, 6.4 rebs), 6-8 fr. forward Dimitri Spasojevic (6.6 pts, 4.7 rebs), 6-10 sr. center Jabari Craig (6.1 pts, 7.1 rebs)

Noteworthy: UConn hast lost season-high 4 straight . ... Series: Huskies lead 7-2, losing last meeting, 66-66-62, on the road last March . ... Common foes: Coppin State (UConn won 72-59, ECU won 76-50), Tulsa (UConn lost, ECU lost 79-53) . ... Top reserve: 6-0 r-fr. guard Shawn Williams (7.6 pts) . ... Pirates 10th in FG percentage (42.2), 11th in scoring offense (65.7 pts) and last in 3-pt FG percentage (26.1) in AAC . ... ECU with more turnovers (208) than assists (170) . ... Fleming top assist man in league . ... Carlton and ECU’s Addison Hill both attended South Central High School in Winterville, N.C., which is near ECU campus . ... Adams, the AAC’s top scorer, needs 28 pts to hit 1,000 for his career . ... Hot: UConn 1st in AAC in FT percentage at 74.8. Cold: UConn last in FG percentage at 40.3 . ... Key stat: UConn 6-1 when out-rebounding a foe . ... UConn off to 0-2 league start for 2nd straight season . ... Huskies 6-1 at home, Pirates 1-2 on the road . ... Up next: UConn hosts UCF Wednesday in Storrs.