No. 4 UConn men’s basketball avoided extending its losing streak to three, defeating the Creighton Bluejays, 69-60, at Gampel Pavilion for the Huskies’ first win over Creighton in program history.
The first half saw both teams trade the lead back and forth, competing fairly evenly. Creighton made a lot of mistakes but had little trouble getting to the hoop early and UConn was hitting from three. Jordan Hawkins hit one for the first basket of the game and was fouled on another in the early going, hitting all three free throws. He got another three late to finish with 11 on the half on his way to 17 in the game.