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How to watch as Providence hosts Connecticut in men’s basketball on Saturday
UConn Huskies (27-3, 17-2 Big East) at Providence Friars (19-11, 10-9 Big East)
No. 2 UConn, coming off a 74-67 victory over Marquette in which Alex Karaban scored 23 points, plays Providence on Saturday.
The Friars are 14-3 in home games. Providence ranks sixth in the Big East in rebounding with 35.9 rebounds. Devin Carter leads the Friars with 8.4 boards.
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The Huskies are 17-2 in Big East play. UConn leads the Big East with 17.9 assists. Tristen Newton leads the Huskies with 5.9.
Providence makes 45.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 5.1 percentage points higher than UConn has allowed to its opponents (40.0%). UConn has shot at a 49.5% clip from the field this season, 7.9 percentage points higher than the 41.6% shooting opponents of Providence have averaged.
Top performers for Providence and Connecticut basketball
Carter is shooting 38.9% from beyond the arc with 2.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Friars, while averaging 19.3 points, 8.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.7 steals. Josh Oduro is averaging 17.6 points and 7.3 rebounds over the past 10 games.
Newton is averaging 15.1 points, 7.1 rebounds and 5.9 assists for the Huskies. Cam Spencer is averaging 14.9 points over the last 10 games.
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The last 10 games
Friars: 5-5, averaging 71.3 points, 34.3 rebounds, 14.1 assists, 6.5 steals and 3.9 blocks per game while shooting 42.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.1 points per game.
Huskies: 9-1, averaging 80.2 points, 39.3 rebounds, 17.0 assists, 6.4 steals and 5.5 blocks per game while shooting 48.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.0 points.
Where and when will the Connecticut Huskies play the Providence Friars
Providence, Rhode Island; Saturday, 8 p.m.
How to watch and listen to the Providence Friars vs. Connecticut Huskies
The game will be televised on Fox and heard on radio on WPRO (630-AM and 99.7-FM).
What is the betting line for the Providence vs. UConn game?
Odds will be posted here.
Naugatuck Police say one person has been arrested after a multi-car accident on Route 63 Saturday afternoon.
According to police, they responded to the area of Route 63 and Cherry Street around 1 p.m. for reports of a collision with injuries.
They say a 30-year-old man from Waterbury was arrested and charged with operating under the influence of drugs/alcohol, operating under the influence with a child passenger, illegal possession of prescription drugs, failure to keep narcotics in the original container, risk of injury to a child and distracted driving.
Police say he is being held on a $10,000 Surety Bond.
This is all the information at this time.
BURLINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — A woman is dead after police said she was involved in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer on Friday in Burlington.
According to Connecticut State Police, a Toyota RAV4 and Peterbuilt 386 tractor-trailer collided head-on on Route 4 near Punch Brook Road at around 4:49 p.m. on Friday.
The driver of the Toyota, identified as 64-year-old Mary Christine Ferland of Burlington, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured, according to state police. No one else was in either vehicle at the time of the crash.
The crash is still under investigation by state police, anyone with information is asked to call Trooper Brew at 860-626-7900.
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