LAHAINA, Hawaii – After suffering its first loss of the 2024-25 season in dramatic fashion on Monday, the No. 2 UConn men’s basketball team (4-1) returns to the floor at the Lahaina Civic Center on Tuesday in the consolation game of the 2024 Maui Invitational back . The Huskies will face Colorado (4-1) to open play on Tuesday in Lahaina at 3:30 a.m. ET / 10:30 a.m. HT, broadcast on ESPN2 with Dan Shulman and Jay Bilas in conversation.

UConn and Colorado have faced each other before, the only meeting coming in the first round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament. The Huskies earned a 74-67 victory on March 17, 2016 behind Rodney Purvis’s 19 points and a double-double of 17 points and 10 rebounds from Daniel Hamilton. Connecticut is now 9-4 on Maui and is participating in the tournament for the fifth time.

The Huskies’ 17-game winning streak, the longest in the country, ended with a 99-97 overtime setback against Memphis in their opening game on Maui. In a back-and-forth game that ended in a tie at halftime, Memphis built a double-digit lead late in the second half. The Huskies stormed back with vigor, erasing a 12-point deficit in the final three minutes to force overtime. Solo ball He hit a 3-pointer in the final second of regulation time to send the contest into overtime. In overtime, the duel again ended in a tie in the final minute, but a late flurry of free throws for Memphis helped the Tigers pull off the upset.

UConn’s reserves provided a big spark Tarris Reed Jr. had a career day with 22 points and 11 rebounds and Jaylin Stewart set a career high with 16 points. Alex Karaban added 19 points and a game-high six assists as one of six Huskies in double figures. Karaban leads the Huskies with 16.8 points per game this year, along with 4.2 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game. Reed Jr. averaged 13.8 points and 10.0 rebounds per game on 75.0 percent shooting and recorded double-doubles in three of his first five games as a Husky as a reserve.

Colorado also lost its first game of the season on Monday, falling to Michigan State by a 72-56 decision in the quarterfinals in Maui. The Buffaloes are led by Elijah Malone with 14.0 points per game and get 12.2 per game from Andrej Jakimovski.

Following Tuesday’s contest, the Huskies return to Maui on Wednesday, with a time and opponent still to be determined.