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UConn 72, East Carolina 65
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Jalen Adams scored 19 points to lead a short-handed UConn squad over East Carolina 72-65 Sunday in American Athletic Conference play.
Four of the six scholarship Huskies (9-11, 3-4) who played scored in double figures to help snap a two-game losing streak. Rodney Purvis had 16 points, while Kentan Facey and Amida Brimah each scored 13. Facey also finished with 10 rebounds for his third double-double in the last four games.
The Pirates (9-11, 1-6) dropped their sixth-straight contest and have not won since the new year.