UConn forward Alex Karaban was hospitalized with a head injury after Wednesday’s 85-67 loss to Dayton and the No. 2 Huskies finished 0-3 in the Maui Invitational.

With about two and a half minutes left, Karaban’s head hit the ground after a foul. He remained in the game but was later placed in the concussion protocol and sent to the hospital for further evaluation.

UConn team doctor Robert Arciero told reporters he was optimistic as they waited for test results.

Karaban made four of his team’s eight 3-pointers and scored 15 of his team-high 21 points in the first half to lead the Huskies (4-3), who lost all three games in the tournament.

“When you come to a tournament like this and there are three games in three days, it starts to go bad, there’s no way to fix it because there’s no time for it,” UConn coach Dan Hurley told reporters . “You just have to deal with the situation. It’s obviously been a humbling journey for the program to accomplish what we did.”

The Flyers (6-2) got 20 points from Enoch Cheeks, 18 from Nate Santos, 16 from Posh Alexander and 15 from Zed Key, who also led the team with nine rebounds. Cheeks shot 8 of 12 from the field, including 3 of 5 from 3-point range.

Karaban hit a 3-pointer that gave UConn a 30-27 lead with 4:34 left before halftime, but Dayton ended the first half with a 14-4 run to take a 41-34 halftime lead .

UConn got within 52-49 with 11:20 left in the second half after a Solo Ball basket in transition, but Dayton created some distance with Alexander’s three-point play and extended the lead back to six points with 10:34 to play .

All three of the Huskies’ losses in Maui came against unranked teams. They lost their first two games – against Memphis on Monday and Colorado on Tuesday – by a total of three points.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.